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

Timothy Van Cauwenberge
Timothy Van Cauwenberge
8,958 Points
Posted by Timothy Van Cauwenberge
Timothy Van Cauwenberge
8,958 Points

Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

I get the same error every time. Please help.

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 != 0:
    num = random.randint(1, 99)
    if num % 2 == 0:
        return("{} is even".format(num))
    else:
        return("{} is odd".format(num))
        start -= 1

1 Answer

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Timothy,

The correct code is:

import random

start = 5

def even_odd(num):
    return not num % 2

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

Hope this helps

Happy Coding!