Welcome to the Treehouse Community

The Treehouse Community is a meeting place for developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels to get support. Collaborate here on code errors or bugs that you need feedback on, or asking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project. Join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today. (Note: Only Treehouse students can comment or ask questions, but non-students are welcome to browse our conversations.)

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and a supportive community. Start your free trial today.

Python Practice Creating and Using Functions in Python Practice Functions That's Odd

Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
4,720 Points
Posted by Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
4,720 Points

Function python

Ok, what am I not getting here!?

create_a_function.py 
def is_odd(division):
    return 4 / 2 == 0

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,688 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,688 Points

Here's a few hints:

  • the function needs to test the argument (division) but it currently tests fixed values
  • the remainder operator might be more useful than the division operator for this
  • remember to test in such a way that the value will be True when the argument is not divisible by 2