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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Booleans

Posted by Marissa Talley
Marissa Talley
518 Points

how do I right a falsey variable?

help

booleans.py 
right= bool('Dogs have paws')
wrong= bool("Dogs don't have paws")

1 Answer

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

Strings and and number other than zero are always truthy. This means both your "right" and "wrong" variables are truthy, which is bad (not bad for the right variable, but this wouldn't pass because wrong has to be falsey). Both zero and None are falsey. Lastly, the challenge didn't ask you to transform the value into a "bool", didn't it? So try getting rid of that :) this code should work:

right = "A string, which is truthy"
wrong = 0

Hope this helps! ~Alex :smile: