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

Stefan Vaziri
Stefan Vaziri
17,453 Points
Posted by Stefan Vaziri
Stefan Vaziri
17,453 Points

Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I keep on getting an error message "Wrong number of prints," but I'm not sure what I did wrong.

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

2 Answers

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Stefan,

You have your while loop indented so that it is part of the even_odd function. You have to remove the indentation and also the periods at the end of your strings. These aren't asked for in the output.

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

There two errors. The whole while block needs to be unindented. Currently it is part of the even_odd function definition. Also the print strings should not end in a period. 

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