difflib, type error int object is not iterable

Question

import random
import difflib
number = int(input("How many words do you want to practise?"))
words = [*3000 word array*]

for x in range(0, number):
    text_1 = random.randint(0, 3000)
    z = words[text_1]
    print(z)
    text_2 = str(input("Type:"))
    seq = difflib.SequenceMatcher(isjunk=None, a=text_1, b=text_2)
    difference = seq.quick_ratio()
    difference = round(difference, 1)
    print(str(difference) + "% Match")

 print("Thank you!")

The Error message I kept getting: (Line 12)

for elt in self.a: TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

I have been on a good flow with this program but reached this wall and have tried so many different ways of figuring it out but really couldn't. The program is meant to be a typing test/practice thing. I hope anyone here can help me figure out a solution for my error message, or any suggestions, in general, would be great.

Note: I am very new to this website, so I apologize if any 'format' I use is wrong.

Code must be posted as text in your question, not as external links or images, or in comments. Regardless, from what it looks like, you're trying to use SequenceMatcher to compare a user-inputted string to a randomly generated integer. Do you mean to be comparing the string representation of the random integer? — Random Davis
– Random Davis, Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 21:47
Welcome to SO! Could you give an example of the text you're inputting? — beenjaminnn
– beenjaminnn, Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 21:50
@RandomDavis there isn't any integers in the code, the idea is a random text is generated and you type in that text, and then the two strings are compared. (Typing test/typing practice) — AtassiCodes
– AtassiCodes, Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 21:57
@Atassi you say that, yet text_1 is an integer. Did you mean to pass z instead of text_1, like a=z? — Random Davis
– Random Davis, Commented Nov 18, 2020 at 22:00

mazore · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-18 22:03:22Z

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I looked at the difflib.SequenceMatcher documentation, and it seems like a and b need to be sequences. You are giving it an int (text_1). If think you meant

seq = difflib.SequenceMatcher(isjunk=None, a=z, b=text_2)

Note: you should use random.choice to choose a random item from a list, like this z = random.choice(words) that way you dont need text_1

answered Nov 18, 2020 at 22:03

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