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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Windy Elliott
Windy Elliott
776 Points
Posted by Windy Elliott
Windy Elliott
776 Points

random letter from string

This works in workspace just fine. I can print out the arg, print out the lenarg, and print out the letter and they are all coming out correctly. But for some reason it won't take it as an answer on the challenge.

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(arg):
    lenarg = len(arg) - 1
    randarg = random.randint(0, lenarg)
    letter = arg[randarg]
    return letter

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi WIndy,

I think it is overcomplicating it, your answer is correct, just need to minify the answer a bit and it passes fine:

import random
def random_item(arg):
    randarg = random.randint(0, len(arg) - 1)
    return arg[randarg]