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

Posted by Joelle Kruczek
Joelle Kruczek
1,375 Points

still Task 1 redo error. please help - Even Odd loop for challenge 3 of 3

I still get the Task 1 redo error. am at a loss - 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:
        rnum = random.randint(1,99)
        if even_odd(rnum):
            print(""{}" is even".format(rnum))
        else:
            print(""{}" is odd".format(rnum))
        start -=1
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 Points

indentation of 'while' block needs addressing, but i am not sure if that would solve the problem.

Joelle Kruczek
Joelle Kruczek
1,375 Points

Am all set - thanks everyone for your help!

Krishna Pratap Chouhan
Krishna Pratap Chouhan
15,203 Points

Joelle Kruczek , what was the problem?

1 Answer

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

Krishna Pratap Chouhan and anyone else who ends up finding this via search -- it looks like the following two things were the problem.

import random
start = 5
def even_odd(num):
    return not num % 2

    # This whole while loop needs to be outside the even_odd() function block.
    # It should be inline with import, start, and def even_odd().
    while start:
        rnum = random.randint(1,99)
        if even_odd(rnum):
            print(""{}" is even".format(rnum)) # Here, the {} placeholder brackets need to be part of the string, not outside it.
        else:
            print(""{}" is odd".format(rnum)) # The same goes for here - it should be "{} is odd".format().
        start -=1

I suspect those were the items he figured out after your comment. Happy coding, everyone!