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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Age Calculation

kevin burns
kevin burns
2,570 Points
Posted by kevin burns
kevin burns
2,570 Points

plz what's wrong

I thought I the code right ... guess not...

age.py 
years = 41   
years * 365 =  days

3 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

You have the assignment the wrong way around. Remember than in programming the = symbol is not used to declare two things as equal, like it does in math, but to assign a value to something.

That means that to assign years * 365 to days you have to have days on the left side of the equals sign. Like this:

years = 41   
days = years * 365
Afloarei Andrei
Afloarei Andrei
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Afloarei Andrei
Afloarei Andrei
5,163 Points

use the variable first, then assign the value

kevin burns
kevin burns
2,570 Points
kevin burns
kevin burns
2,570 Points

thanks that worked!!