[Tutor] Empty Range for RandRange

[Ellen Kidda]

Would someone kindly review the following code and error?  This sample
program is copied from Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (2nd
ed.)  I'm running Python 2.3.5 (#62, Feb  8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200 32
bit (Intel)] on win32.  (Python 2.3 is the version referenced in this
edition.)  Referenced lines 8 and 9 of the error are the 3rd and 2nd lines
from the last in the code.  Thank you very much.
Ellen

#Demonstrates string indexing

import  random

word = "index"

print "The word is: ", word, "\n"

high = len(word)

low = len(word)

for i in range(10):

    position = randrange(low, high)

    print "word[", position, "]\t", word[position]

raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")


line 8, in -toplevel-position = random.randrange(low, high)  #line 9 error:
"empty range for randrange"
  File "C:\Python23\lib\random.py", line 178, in randrange
    raise ValueError, "empty range for randrange()"
ValueError: empty range for randrange()
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