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Jerle Norton
905 PointsI am having trouble with another exercise. The solution I came up with works in pycharm but won't work here.
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics/letter-game-app/random-item
My solution: import random
def random_item(i): x = random.randint(0, len(i)-1) print(x) i = str(i) print(i[x])
random_item('treehouse')
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
1 Answer
jag
18,266 Points# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(i):
x = random.randint(0, len(i)-1)
i = str(i)
return(i[x])
random_item('treehouse')
You need to return the value not just print it.
Jerle Norton
905 PointsJerle Norton
905 PointsI tried to return the value only, as it is in the screenshot above, and that too didn't work.
Jerle Norton
905 PointsJerle Norton
905 PointsI'm sorry but your suggestion did work. I just had to change my random_item() argument word. Thanks for the help.