Welcome to the Treehouse Community
Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.
Looking to learn something new?
Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.
Start your free trialJorge Gimeno
5,956 Points[Solved!]No error message here besides Bummer, Try Again!
Not sure I understand why this is failing here. Any ideas?
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(argument):
index = random.randint(1, len(argument)-1)
return argument[index]
2 Answers
Jorge Gimeno
5,956 PointsFIgured it out. I start counting indices at 1, Python starts at 0. Changing the beginning range of the radint function to 0 did the trick.
lambda
12,556 PointsMost programming languages start indices at 0. What language has indices start at 1?
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsGood job. Now remember to update the title to include [SOLVED] as an alternative to selecting a best answer.
Jorge Gimeno
5,956 PointsDone. Thank you!
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsMATLAB, Fortran, COBOL, PL/I, Smalltalk, AWK, and a few others use 1-based indexing. Check out this wikipedia page.