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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Stefan Vaziri
Stefan Vaziri
17,453 Points
Posted by Stefan Vaziri
Stefan Vaziri
17,453 Points

How do you get the right value to return?

I think I'm almost there but I'm not sure how to write the return part of the program...

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

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are on the right track.

import random

# create a function named random_item that takes a single argument, an iterable.
def random_item(word):
    # Then use random.randint() to get a random number between 0 and the length of the iterable, minus one. 
    index = random.randint(0, len(word)-1)
    # Return the iterable member that's at your random number's index.
    return word[index]