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Rocco Cammarere
4,377 PointsRun offline to get correct, but not correct here
I have used an offline version to verify my code, but the code says here that it is not OK (I'm supposed to create a list of N random elements from an initially defined list):
import random # import random tooling for choice function
list = [1, 'Texas', 3, 'Girl', 'Boy', 6, 7] # define list n = 3 # define integer int(n)
def nchoices(list, n):
# initialize list & counter
count = 0
list_fin = []
while (count<n):
count += 1 # interate variable up 1
# use choice function to append a random number to list
list_fin.append(random.choice(list))
# Return list_fin variable
return list_fin
list_fin = nchoices(list, n) print(list_fin)
Can anyone help me out?
# The following function takes in an integer and list
# It then returns a list of N random choices where N is the integer number
import random # import random tooling for choice function
list = [1, 'Texas', 3, 'Girl', 'Boy', 6, 7] # define list
n = 3 # define integer
def nchoices(list, n):
# initialize list & counter
count = 0
list_fin = []
while (count<n):
count += 1 #interate variable up 1
list_fin.append(random.choice(list))
# Return list_fin variable
return list_fin
list_fin = nchoices(list, n)
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherYour code runs beautifully! However, Treehouse doesn't know that. And the reason Treehouse doesn't know that is because they are going to run your code and send in their own list and integer. And you're overwriting it with your own declarations and call to the function. So if I remove that part, your code passes. Take a look... this is your code btw (just slightly modified):
import random # import random tooling for choice function
def nchoices(list, n):
# initialize list & counter
count = 0
list_fin = []
while (count<n):
count += 1 #interate variable up 1
list_fin.append(random.choice(list))
# Return list_fin variable
return list_fin
Hope this helps!
Rocco Cammarere
4,377 PointsThanks Jennifer! That worked great :)