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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Let's Build a Timed Quiz App The Quiz Class

Posted by jayda hendrickson
jayda hendrickson
3,413 Points

Summary portion

Why did he put an extra set of parentheses around the times in the summary method??

1 Answer

boi
boi
14,242 Points
boi
boi
14,242 Points

It may seem like extra but it definitely isn't.

def summary(self):
        print("You got {} out of {} right.".format(
                self.total_correct(), len(self.questions)
            ))

        print("It took you total of {} seconds".format(
                (self.end_time - self.start_time).seconds
            ))

Writing the same code, with a different style.

def summary(self):
        print("You got {} out of {} right.".format(self.total_correct(), len(self.questions)))

        print("It took you total of {} seconds".format((self.end_time - self.start_time).seconds))

Both of these chunks of code are exactly the same but have different styles.