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

Posted by Casey Carlzen
Casey Carlzen
1,913 Points

I can't find my error.

It tells me "task 1 is no longer complete" - task 1 is to import random which i haven't changed. What am I missing?

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

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

1 Answer

Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points
Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points

You're pretty close on this one. I'm not sure why it's says task 1 is no longer passing, but I do see some errors in your code. You're passing in "rnd" into your even_odd function and this should be the new_num variable you created and then when you decrement "start" you need to specify start -= 1. When I make these changes your code passes.

All together now

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:
    new_num = random.randint(1, 99)

    if even_odd(new_num):
        print("{} is even".format(new_num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd".format(new_num))

    start -= 1
Casey Carlzen
Casey Carlzen
1,913 Points

Ahh, thank you very much. The rnd variable is a residual of the original variable which I changed in hopes to fix the error.

I think the fix on my decrements is what the real issue was. Thank you for your help