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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
5,928 Points
Posted by Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
5,928 Points

Not sure what to return

Not sure how I should code this

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item('apple'):
    random.randint(0, len('apple') - 1)
    return

1 Answer

Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
7,647 Points
Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
7,647 Points

Hello! When your random_item() function takes an argument, that's the variable to use and you have to pass a string to it. Then your return value should be the variable passed to it, but only the one letter referenced by the random index "i"

Should look like this:

import random
def random_item(item):
    i = random.randint(0, len(item) - 1)
    return item[i]

print(random_item('apple'))