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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Posted by Alex Salas
Alex Salas
3,429 Points

return value - What am I missing? Its working on my IDE.

What am I missing here? I have tried many times, including in my IDE and it works as it's being requested. Why is the system not accepting it? It says that it didnt get a correct response/return from random_item.

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"

import random
def random_item(word):

    random_num = random.randint(0, (len(word)-1))
    return print('The return value would be "{}"'.format(word[random_num]))

        #print("The randomly selected number is {}.\n".format(random_num))
        #print('The return value would be "{}"'.format(word[random_num]))

random_item("Treehouse")

1 Answer

james south
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Points
james south
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Points

you are doing some things the challenge doesn't ask for. it says return but you are printing, and also the iterable is not necessarily a word. it doesn't want a long string, just the element at the random index, per the examples.

Alex Salas
Alex Salas
3,429 Points

Ah! - Thanks James !