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placydus patrick
3,293 Pointsim confused in what the next code of line should be
im confused in what the next code of line should be
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item("placydus"):
if random_item [0 , 7] == placydus:
1 Answer
Daniel Ross
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,291 PointsSo for this one, you need to make the function be able to take any type of iterable, so instead of "placydus" you can just set it as a variable, like word Next you want to pick a random integer: random.randint(...), that needs to be between 0 and the length ( len(...) )of the argument ( word ), minus 1. and lastly you need to return the item in the iterable that is in that random numbers place: word[#]