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Alexandra Montgomery
520 PointsIsn't this right?
You've seen how random.choice() works. It gets a random member from an iterable (like a list or a string). I want you to try and reproduce it yourself. First, import the random library. Then create a function named random_item that takes a single argument, an iterable. Then use random.randint() to get a random number between 0 and the length of the iterable, minus one. Return the iterable member that's at your random number's index. Check the file for an example.
input random
def random_item(iterable):
return iterable [random.randint(0,len(iterable)-1) ]
1 Answer
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsHey Alexandra. Welcome to Treehouse.
It is correct except for one thing. You want to import random ... not input. The rest of the code is correct, so just change that one thing and you're good to go.
Keep Coding! :)