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Start your free trialGilang Ilhami
12,045 Pointsrandom item
Hm i'm not sure i get it
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(iter):
result = random.randint(0, iter) - 1
return iter(result)
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,172 PointsYou're close, but you have a couple of issues yet.
- You're passing iter to the randint function as if it were a number. Try passing the length of iter instead.
- In the return statement, you're attempting to call iter like a function with parentheses (
()
) instead of indexing it with brackets ([]
).
Mduduzi Frederick Dube
8,886 Pointsimport random
def random_item(iter):
result = random.randint(0,(len(iter)-1))
return iter[result]