f# iterating : The type 'unit' does not match the type 'char'

Question

I have this function

let items = ['a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'b'; 'b'; 'a'; 'a'; 'c'; 'd'; 'd'; 'e'; 'e';] 

open System
let rng = new Random()

let randomSelect list toget = let randomList k len = List.init k (fun _ -> rng.Next(1,len))
                              let getK l k = List.nth l k 
                              let primeGet = getK list
                              List.length list
                              |> randomList toget 
                              |> List.iter (fun i -> primeGet i) 

let res23 = randomSelect items 3

but for some reason the function is expecting a unit list, not a generic one

The type 'unit' does not match the type 'char'

why is this happening ?