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Python Python Basics (Retired) Things That Count Things That Count

Posted by Brett Burky
Brett Burky
3,895 Points

days_alive.py

I am working in Challenge task 4 of 4 and ran into some minor issues.

I think I'm close but there is still something that I am missing. Any help is appreciated.

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Bret,

Let's see your code.

3 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Can you give us some information about what's not working?

The task wants you to create a new variable, estimate, that's the round()ed value of decades.

Then, somehow, get estimate and days into the string "I'm X days old! That's about Y decades!" with days for the X and estimate for the Y. This string should be stored in a variable named summary.

Brett Burky
Brett Burky
3,895 Points
Brett Burky
Brett Burky
3,895 Points

BAM!!! Kenneth I am loving this stuff I got it as soon as I watched the video. Thanks for all your help.

Brett Burky
Brett Burky
3,895 Points
Brett Burky
Brett Burky
3,895 Points

I apologize it was late when I was doing that and I think I got pulled away, won't happen like that again that question gave you nothing to use.

Anyhow this is what I have so far: 

age = 35
days = (35 * 52) * 7
decades = 35/10

estimate = round(3.5)
summary = "I am ("days") old! That's about ("decades") decades!"
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

So that's a good start.

You should probably be using the variables instead of calculating the values yourself. For example:

age = 35
days = age * 52 * 7
decades = age/10

estimate = round(decades)

That way you're not doing work that Python can do for you.

For the summary variable, be sure and check back at the String Formatting video. You're so close!