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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Conditional Value

Posted by Alex Potham
Alex Potham
860 Points

Challenge Task 2 of 2 OK, one more. Add an else to your if. In the else, set admitted to False.

i'v been stuck on this for days now. and its not working. please please help!

conditions.py 
admitted = None

if age >= 13:
  admitted = 'true'
else:
  admitted = 'false'

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

admitted needs to be set to the built-in values True and False not strings:

admitted = None

if age >= 13:
    admitted = True
else:
    admitted = False
Alex Potham
Alex Potham
860 Points

thanks for your speedy response chris but the only way task 1 will work is if i put true into a string. it comes up with 'true' not defined otherwise.

Alex Potham
Alex Potham
860 Points

ooooooh wait i have got it!! capital letters in 'True' and 'false'

A X
A X
12,842 Points

Chris, Why do we delete/comment out the age = part of the first part of the challenge here? How does the if/else know what to test against without it?

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Abbymann, the challenge checker sets up a context for the code to run in. This lets it try many values for age to test each branch of flow through the code.

Alex Potham
Alex Potham
860 Points
Alex Potham
Alex Potham
860 Points

thankyou for your help Chris