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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Dennis Moriarity
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Dennis Moriarity
Courses Plus Student 940 Points
Posted by Dennis Moriarity
Dennis Moriarity
Courses Plus Student 940 Points

Stuck on next steps

Note sure what to write next, unsure of what an iterable is.

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

def randon_item()
Keenan Johnson
Keenan Johnson
13,841 Points
Keenan Johnson
Keenan Johnson
13,841 Points

An iterable is some item that will be gone over in a loop of some sort. So in the context of this problem, your first step is to pass a parameter to the random_item function and that parameter will be your iterable.

Example:

def some_function(iterable):