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

Lauren Zelasky
Lauren Zelasky
2,684 Points
Posted by Lauren Zelasky
Lauren Zelasky
2,684 Points

Task 1 is no longer passing?

When I run this code for Task 3, it says that Task 1 is no longer passing. Task 1 is to import random, which is clearly at the top of my code. I went back to Task 1 and ran this exact code and it worked, but task 3 says it doesn't. Does anyone know why this might be happening or how to fix it?

even.py 
import random

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

start = 5

while start == True:
    num = random.randint(1, 99)
    if even_odd(num) = 0:
        print('{} is even'.format(num))
    else:
        print('{} is odd'.format(num))

1 Answer

reanimator313
reanimator313
6,005 Points
reanimator313
reanimator313
6,005 Points

in your if statement use:

if even_odd(num) == 0: # not =

and you need start-=1 after else

Lauren Zelasky
Lauren Zelasky
2,684 Points
Lauren Zelasky
Lauren Zelasky
2,684 Points

Thanks. I actually wasn't done writing code and checking for errors when I did this, and the issue I was having is not related to errors in that part of my code at all. I went through a different browser and everything worked fine, but thanks for the correction anyways.