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Start your free trialAshmit Pathak
4,441 PointsCAN'T FIND THE WAY TO DO IT . PLEASE HELP
I don't know how the code will look like for this plz help me with your code
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
random_item = random.randint(0 , len())
1 Answer
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsHello Ashmit,
You are on the right track! Just remember:
- The code you're writing (except the
random
import) goes inside of a function calledrandom_item
. - The
len
function takes a single iterable. You simply pass in the iterable passed intorandom_item
. - Don't forget to subtract the length by one! Computers start counting at zero, so the last element is at the size of the list minus one.
With all of this in mind, you may write this:
PLEASE DO NOT COPY-AND-PASTE. Trust me, just read this code, and reproduce this code yourself. It's the best way to learn to code!
import random
def random_item(iterable):
return iterable[random.randint(0, len(iterable) - 1)]
Happy coding! ~Alex