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

Sergey Mangov
Sergey Mangov
3,651 Points
Posted by Sergey Mangov
Sergey Mangov
3,651 Points

even.py where is the problem?

import random start = 5 while start == True: num = random.randint(1, 99) if even_odd(num) == True: print("{} is even".format(num)) else: print("{} is odd".format(num)) start= start - 1 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

even.py 
import random
start = 5
while start == True:
    num = random.randint(1, 99)
    if even_odd(num) == True:
        print("{} is even".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd".format(num))
start= start - 1
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

4 Answers

Julian Garcia
Julian Garcia
18,380 Points
Julian Garcia
Julian Garcia
18,380 Points

I tried changing a little the while condition and I put start decrement inside while loop.

while start>0:
    num = random.randint(1, 99)
    if even_odd(num) == True:
        print("{} is even".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd".format(num))
    start = start - 1

I hope this helps.

Sergey Mangov
Sergey Mangov
3,651 Points
Sergey Mangov
Sergey Mangov
3,651 Points

I've tried it in this way:

import random start = 5 while start >0: num = random.randint(1, 99) if even_odd(num) == True: print("{} is even").format(num) else: print("{} is odd").format(num) start = start - 1 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

but still doesn't work. Any idea why?

Julian Garcia
Julian Garcia
18,380 Points
Julian Garcia
Julian Garcia
18,380 Points

For me this passed :

import random
start = 5
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
while start > 0:
    num = random.randint(1, 99)
    if even_odd(num) == True:
        print("{} is even".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd".format(num))
    start= start - 1
Reagan Ganancial
Reagan Ganancial
9,476 Points
Reagan Ganancial
Reagan Ganancial
9,476 Points

input number

def main():

num = int(input("hey number please!: "))
even_odd = num % 2


    # determine if even or odd
if even_odd == 0:        
    # print result
    print("{} is a even number!".format(num))
else:
    print("{} is a odd number!".format(num))

restart = input("Again: 'yes or no'").lower()
if restart == 'yes':
    main()
else:
    exit()

main()

Reagan Ganancial
Reagan Ganancial
9,476 Points
Reagan Ganancial
Reagan Ganancial
9,476 Points

it work in the python shell but not for the challenge.