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var skills := ["Block", "Swing"]

func choose_random_skill(skills: ?) -> String:
return ""

I'm not sure what to put in ?. I was able to fix this code by using var skills: Array[String] = ["Block", "Swing"], but what do I use if it's not typed in the initialization?

In this case, you would use type inference to determine the type that should be used. Type inference is the process of automatically determining the type of a given expression. In this case, you would simply use the type [String] to indicate that the array contains elements of type String. The updated code would look like this:

var skills: [String] = ["Block", "Swing"]

func choose_random_skill(skills: [String]) -> String:
return ""

    You don't need to specify argument's type at all. It's optional.
    The correct syntax is Array[String]:

    func choose_random_skill(skills: Array[String]) -> String:

    Btw arrays have built in method for choosing a random element. It's Array::pick_random().

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      I don't think she'll be here much longer.