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

Posted by Manu C.
Manu C.
Courses Plus Student 10,265 Points

Why does the code works on IDLE but fails on the code challenge screen ?

This code works perfectly on IDDLE but when I run it in the Treehouse code challenge interface, it fails.

Why ?

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:
    num = random.randint(1,99)
    result = even_odd(num)
    if result:
        print("{} is even.".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd.".format(num))

    start = start - 1

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You are so darn close!

Remember that code challenges are very picky about everything.

It seems that you are printing "{} is even." and "{} is odd." instead of "{} is even" and "{} is odd".

Yes, even a period at the end of a string can give you an annoying Bummer message.

Manu C.
PLUS
Manu C.
Courses Plus Student 10,265 Points
Manu C.
Manu C.
Courses Plus Student 10,265 Points

Thanks a lot for your answer Alexander, perfect it works now ;) I was not expecting it to be so picky All the best and thanks again !

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

No problem :)