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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Conditional Value

Joshua Clark
Joshua Clark
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Posted by Joshua Clark
Joshua Clark
6,186 Points

Task 2 is not letting me use the "else" Why?

My code is shown below. I cannot understand why it will not pass. I have checked my indentations. Please help. I've watched numerous videos and have read many resources regarding this and still can't get it to pass.

conditions.py 
admitted = None
age = 13
if age >= 13: 
    admitted = True 
else:
    admitted = False

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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The error message says "Bummer! Don't set the age variable, I'll do that for you."

They're going to take your code and run it against some test cases, where the age variable might be low or high.

Joshua Clark
Joshua Clark
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Joshua Clark
Joshua Clark
6,186 Points

Thanks Brendan. I'm a little confused because the question is "OK, one more. Add an else to your if. In the else, set admitted to False."Maybe I'm not understanding it correctly. Even if I could remove the "if" from my code then it tells me that "task 1 is no longer passing" I'm still stumped.

Brendan Whiting
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You need to get rid of this line:

age = 13

and keep everything else.

Task 1 was to add the if block. If you remove that, then Task 1 will no longer be passing.

Joshua Clark
Joshua Clark
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Joshua Clark
Joshua Clark
6,186 Points

Thank you Brendan, it worked! I removed the line with the age variable. I don't know why I didn't understand what the statement in the question meant (regarding the course already setting the age variable). I just didn't read the instructions correctly.