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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Even or Odd Loop

Justin Noor
Justin Noor
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Posted by Justin Noor
Justin Noor
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Can anyone give me some hints as to why my even_odd loop is not working?

I've been breaking my head for a few on this one. My loop generates the correct number of prints but it's not passing the quiz. I suspect it has something to do with the 'return not num % 2' line. Can anyone give me any hints as to why my code is not passing the quiz?

even.py 
import random

start = 5

def even_odd(num):
    # If % 2 is 0, the number is even.
    # Since 0 is falsey, we have to invert it with not.
    return not num % 2

while start:
    some_num = random.randint(0, 99)
    even_odd(some_num)
    if even_odd(some_num):
        print("{} is even.".format(some_num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd.".format(some_num))
    start -= 1

4 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Justin Noor First of all, you're doing great. Now you may or may not have noticed this... but challenges are super picky. First, you have a line in there that's not needed:

even_odd(some_num)

But just removing this, won't fix the problem. It still fails the challenge. Why? Because you have periods/full stops on the end of your strings. Seriously, that's the big problem! Make these tiny adjustments and your code passes :smiley: :dizzy:

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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You're going to love this - it apparently doesn't like the periods you added the the print strings! :scream:

Also, though it doesn't make the challenge fail, you have a couple other issues:

  • you have a line with this expression: even_odd(some_num) - it doesn't do anything by itself
  • the challenge asked for random numbers chosen between 1 and 99, but you choose between 0 and 99.

Happy codling! :computer:

Jennifer Nordell
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Steven Parker that's crazy right? :smiley: Odd that the random number thing doesn't make it fail, but the period... too much to handle! :dizzy:

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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Well, there's a 1 in 20 chance that it might make it fail. :wink:

Actually I just tried it, they don't care what the numbers are. I picked from 100 to 199.

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
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Damien Watson
Damien Watson
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Hey Justin,

I think it was purely grammatical... they didn't want a period after each output.

I also checked if 'start' was greater than 0, which outputs 5 instead of 4, so maybe this helped.

import random

def even_odd(num):
    # If % 2 is 0, the number is even.
    # Since 0 is falsey, we have to invert it with not.
    return not num % 2

start = 5

while (start > 0):
    some_num = random.randint(1, 99)
    even_odd(some_num)
    if even_odd(some_num):
        print("{} is even".format(some_num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd".format(some_num))
    start -= 1
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
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Damien Watson
Damien Watson
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As Jennifer and Steven said. :)

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Justin directly tests the "truthiness" of start, which is what the challenge suggested.

Comparing it to 0 does the same job, but with extra verbage you don't need.

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
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Damien Watson
Damien Watson
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Yeh, cool. Though it passed as well... picky on the period, not so much on how many times the loop runs. Thats humorous.

Justin Noor
Justin Noor
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Justin Noor
Justin Noor
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You guys are frickin awesome!!! I passed the quiz.

I would have never thought of those periods...crazy hah. I also removed the unnecessary function callout.

Thanks guys!!!