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

I cannot figure out what is the proper thing to put in the if statement inside the while loop!

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

num = random.randint(1, 99)

while start: if even_odd == 0: print ("{} is even".format(num)) else: print ("{} is odd".format(num)) start -=1

even.py
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

num = random.randint(1, 99)

while start:
    if even_odd == 0:
        print ("{} is even".format(num))
    else:
        print ("{} is odd".format(num))
    start -=1

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

When calling "even_odd", you should pass it a number in parentheses as an argument. And since it returns True or False directly, you don't need to compare it with anything.

Also, you'll need to pick the random numbers inside the loop otherwise all passes will test the same one.