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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

fahad lashari
fahad lashari
7,693 Points
Posted by fahad lashari
fahad lashari
7,693 Points

I have no idea what I am doing wrong...code challenge[solved]

My code works just fine when I test in workspaces however it seems to not work here. Confusing. Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong

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

def random_item(tree_house):

    print(tree_house[random.randint(0, (len(tree_house)-1))])

random_item("Treehouse")
fahad lashari
fahad lashari
7,693 Points
fahad lashari
fahad lashari
7,693 Points

Dont worry guys i figured out my stupid problem. I forgot to change 'print' to 'return'. I was testing the code out in workspaces

jacinator
jacinator
11,936 Points

Maybe mark the question as answered then. :) Good job doing your own debugging!

1 Answer

fahad lashari
fahad lashari
7,693 Points
fahad lashari
fahad lashari
7,693 Points

Oops :p how do I do that?

jacinator
jacinator
11,936 Points

There should be a button beneath an answer that you can select that says something along the lines of "best answer".

jacinator
jacinator
11,936 Points

It just helps for people who are browsing over looking for questions to help on if they can see that this one is solved.