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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Membership

Posted by Blake Binford
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Blake Binford
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 8,998 Points

Else statement not setting variable to false

I can't figure out why this isn't working. When I click recheck work it says store_open is not set to false. Where am I messing up.

membership.py 
store_open = None
store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
if time in store_hours:
  store_open = 'true'
else:
  store_open = 'false'

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Blake,

The challenge is looking for the values to be set as Boolean values, but you put quotes around them and turned them into strings. Also, in Python, the Boolean values are capitalized.

if time in store_hours:
  store_open = True
else:
  store_open = False

Keep Coding! :)

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Remove the quotes around 'true' and 'false' and capitalize the first letter. This will make them a Boolean instead of String.