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Stanley Oishi-Govindasamy
6,980 PointsPython Basics code challenge not recognising definition of function?
How do i fix this?
import random
def random_num( num ):
return randint(1,num)
3 Answers
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherIf an exception gets raised in the function, Python never successfully registers the function, so it'll give you an error about the function not existing. In this case, your exception was trying to use randint instead of random.randint.
Umar A
4,041 PointsHi
Try this:
import random
def random_num( num ):
return random.randint(1,num)
Stanley Oishi-Govindasamy
6,980 PointsThank you guys. :)