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Start your free trialChristopher Parke
21,978 PointsWhat does "check the file for an example" mean. What file?
I dun git it mon
# 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
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsIt 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