title: I need assistance in Python - Searching within a function
body: <pre><code>def find(word, letter):
      index = 0
      while index &lt; len(word):
          if word[index] == letter:
              return index
          index = index + 1
      return -1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get this...</p>
  
  <p>The exercise says: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Modify find so that it has a third parameter, the index in word where
    it should start looking.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Pardon my newbiness at this but... when it says modify 'find' so it has a third parameter...<code>find(word,letter,thirdparameter)</code> or put a third para within the function definition? Also the index in word where it should start looking, I'm not too sure if I'm misinterpreting but it wants to take the index in a word and start looking at a random index number? H</p>