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So, I just learned about the keyword def; it has been going really smoothly for me because I reuse chunks of code often. However, I have run into a hiccup.

import random

def word():
    random.randint(0,1)

y = word()

print(y)

The output I would like (and expected) was a random chance between 0 and 1; however, the output given is "None." What do I have yet to learn about def?

Looking at your code snippet - what do you think happens with the value generated from random.randint(0,1)? You do nothing with it, just discard it. In general you can assign it to a name (variable) for future use, or like in this case, directly return it. Your function does not return anything explicitly, so (implicitly) it returns None

import random
 
def word():
    return random.randint(0,1)
 
y = word()
 
print(y)