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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Even or Odd

Posted by behar
behar
10,799 Points

Python basics, even or odd

Pretty sure my error is with trying to make number == float, but im not sure how to do it otherwise?

even.py 
def even_odd (number):
    if number%2 == float:
        return False
    else:
        return True

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

You could just test the remainder for 0. But you can make this one really compact if you recall that 0 is "falsey" and any other number is "truthy". So if you just return the opposite ("not") of the remainder:

def even_odd (number):
    return not number % 2
behar
behar
10,799 Points

Thats really clever. ty!

sradms0
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sradms0
Treehouse Project Reviewer

I didn't want to scare anyone...i was going to mention that

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sradms0
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sradms0
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 if number%2 == 0:

You want to replace float with 0. If a number is even, diving that number by two would have no remainder. e.g 4 % 2 = 0, since four is an even number.