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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Posted by katecsak
katecsak
1,212 Points

When I entered my code & checked my work it said: "random_item is not defined". What did I do wrong here?

Could this be a bug?

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

def random_item(iterable):
    idx = random.randint(O, len(iterable)-1)
    return iterable[idx]

1 Answer

Julian Garcia
Julian Garcia
18,380 Points
Julian Garcia
Julian Garcia
18,380 Points

Hi,

you just has put O, o letter, instead 0, zero.

Hope this helps.