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

bowei zhou
bowei zhou
1,762 Points
Posted by bowei zhou
bowei zhou
1,762 Points

code not working why?? it was working on my computer. confused....

import random

def even_odd(num): if num%2 == 0: print("{} is even".format(num)) else: print("{} is odd".format(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<6 and start>0: num = random.randint(1,99) even_odd() start-=1

even.py 
import random

def even_odd(num):
    if num%2 == 0:
        print("{} is even".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd".format(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<6 and start>0:
    num = random.randint(1,99)
    even_odd()
    start-=1

1 Answer

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

Hi bowei,

I think that even_odd(num) is not meant to be modified (as it is already a complete function) but only be called in the code you write later. Try to solve the challenge without modifying the function. Also, I noticed that you called the function in your code without passing in a num argument, which is not valid. You can remove the start<6 condition because start is set to 5 and will only decrease afterwards.

Hope that helps