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

Posted by Clainos Machemedze
Clainos Machemedze
1,330 Points

even odd function

am trying to print five times using while loop but am getting a message ' wrong number of prints'

even.py 
import random

start = 5
while start < 5:

        secret_num = random.randint(1, 99)
        if even_odd(secret_num) is True:
            print("{} is even.").format(secret_num)
        else:
            print("{} is odd.").format(secret_num)
        start -= 1

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

1 Answer

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Too funny, I just made the same mistake on that challenge yesterday.

Double check the 2 print() statements - your syntax error is there (only one character out of place).