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ogechi1
14,455 Pointswhat's wrong with my random_member function here?
def random_member(the_list):
x = len(the_list) - 1
pick_a_number = random.randint(0, x)
return the_list[pick_a_number]
the above doesn't pass
this is the example a mod gave:
def random_member(some_list):
# x is the upper bound of the random function. it needs to equal the length of the list - 1 so we dont go out of index in the list
x = len(some_list) - 1
#num is the random number generated by the random function. it will be between 0 and the length of the list argument passed in - 1
num = random.randint(0,x)
# returns the list item at the random index
return some_list[num]
import random
def random_member(the_list):
return len(the_list)
def random_member(the_list):
x = len(the_list) - 1
pick_a_number = random.randint(0, x)
return the_list[pick_a_number]
1 Answer
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 PointsI copypasted your example and passed. But you have to remove the short function, it has no purpouse.
import random
#delete or comment this
#def random_member(the_list):
# return len(the_list)
def random_member(the_list):
x = len(the_list) - 1
pick_a_number = random.randint(0, x)
return the_list[pick_a_number]
ogechi1
14,455 Pointsogechi1
14,455 Pointsyup, the error i kept getting was that task 2 is no longer passing, so i pasted it in so i wouldn't have to keep re-entering it it passed in my console as well. thank you for the feedback martin!