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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points
Posted by Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points

What does "check the file for an example" mean. What file?

I dun git it mon

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random

def random_item(iterable)
  random.randint(0,iterable - 1)
  return iterable

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

It means the comments in the provided workspace file

# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"

As for your code there are a few errors:

import random

def random_item(iterable):  # <-- missing colon (:)
  index = random.randint(0, len(iterable) - 1)  # <-- randint result used as index
  return iterable[index]  # <-- return indexed item, not whole iterable