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Jose Lara
12,223 PointsThis is not working
EXAMPLE
random_item("Treehouse")
The randomly selected number is 4.
The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(n): return random.randint(0, len(n) -1)
random_item('Treehouse')
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(n):
return random.randint(0, len(n) -1)
random_item('Treehouse')
1 Answer
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsyou are returning the random index value, not the element of the iterable at that index. put that random number in a variable, then return iterable[variable].