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Python Python Basics (Retired) Pick a Number! Any Number! Imports

Daniel Kraft
Daniel Kraft
1,196 Points
Posted by Daniel Kraft
Daniel Kraft
1,196 Points

Stuck on Import challenge in Python Basics

For task 2 of the challenge, whenever I try to define a function, it tells me that task 1, where we import the random library, is invalid. I don't understand why this is happening, the code has not been changed at all, there is just further code written in the lines beneath it.

imports.py 
import random

def random_member(mylist)
  return len(mylist)

1 Answer

White Moses
White Moses
3,589 Points
White Moses
White Moses
3,589 Points

That is why you forgot this ':' very important symbol after defining function. def random_member(mylist):

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

The colon identifies the beginning of a code block, that is, a set of further indented code statement(s).