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Start your free trialGeordan Sanchez Huaranga
4,123 Points*Sings*
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# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(arg):
word = random.choice(arg)
number = random.randint(0, len(word)-1)
print(word[number])
2 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsThere are two issues:
You are not meant to use
random.choice()
. Thechoice
method pulls out a single random item from a collection, in other words it's actually doing the exact thing the function you are asked to write does. As such it does not belong as a step inside your function. Using it breaks your code (as the rest of the code is mostly fine) and will get the code invalidated anyway as the code checker considers use of the method as cheating.You are asked to
return
the argument, notprint
it.
If you fix those two issues like this:
import random
def random_item(arg):
number = random.randint(0, len(arg)-1) # replaced "word" with "arg"
return arg[number] # replaced "word" with "arg"
Then your code will pass.
Geordan Sanchez Huaranga
4,123 PointsThanks!