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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

anso meauville
anso meauville
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Posted by anso meauville
anso meauville
1,404 Points

I am having problem-solving this challenge

it keep saying try again

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

def random_item(haiti):
    random_num = random.randint(0, len(haiti) - 1)
    return random_num[0:4]
return random_item("Treehouse")

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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you are close. first off, your last line can be deleted, you don't need to call the function to pass the challenge. the other return that's in the function needs to return the element in the iterable at the random index you are computing. the notation is iterable[number], so you are close. use the variable you have that stores the random number.