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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Even or Odd

Posted by Jacob White
Jacob White
813 Points

How to define number

Hello,

I'm not sure if I'm defining my number variable correctly. Does python recognize it is an argument?

even.py 
def even_odd(number):
  if (number%2) == int:
    return(True)
  else:
    return(False)

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Jacob,

You want to compare number % 2 to zero, that means that number divided by 2 has no remainder, i.e. it is even:

code.py 
def even_odd(number):
  if (number % 2) == 0:
    return True
  else:
    return False

I hope that makes sense,

Steve.