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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Posted by Andrew Fitzpatrick
Andrew Fitzpatrick
3,013 Points

random

im confused and stuck. im trying to make the program pick a number from 0-8 because the index of my random item should be from 0-8

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
random_item("Treehouse")
random.randint([0,8])
return random_item

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

The challenge ask you to create a function named random_item that takes a single argument. The can be

def random_item(iterable)

  • Use the length of iterable to set the upper limit of the randint generation.
  • Using the randint as an index to return that single item from the iterable

Post back if you need more hlelp. Good luck!!