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dima Dima
901 PointsWhere is the mistake
First, import the random library.
Then create a function named random_item that takes a single argument, an iterable. Then use random.randint() to get a random number between 0 and the length of the iterable, minus one. Return the iterable member that's at your random number's index
import random
def random_item(num):
for letter in num:
letter=random.randit(0,2)
return num[letter]
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
It looks like you have three separate issues here:
- you don't need (and should not have) a loop
- when you select the index ("letter"), the upper limit should be based on the argument length
- the function name is "randint" (not "randit")