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

Posted by Thomas Covington
Thomas Covington
Courses Plus Student 203 Points

I need to create a variable name days; multiply my age by 52, pretend today is my birthday and multiply by 7.

My code is: days = (67)(52)(7) where did I go wrong?

days_alive.py 
age = int(67)
days = int(67)(52)

2 Answers

George Zabel
George Zabel
5,194 Points

First off, to multiply, you have to use a *. Parentheses do not multiply stuff in Python, they are only used for order of operations. So if you're multiplying 5 times 5, you'd write

5 * 5

, not

5(5).

So now to the actual code. You'd want to take your age variable on line 1, then multiply it by 52, then multiply by 7.

Here's an example, to avoid spoilers: Double the amount of eggs you have:

eggs = 2
double_eggs = eggs * 2

You can name the variables on the left side of the equals signs anything you want (or what the assignment asks you to name them)

Cory Madden
Cory Madden
7,120 Points
Cory Madden
Cory Madden
7,120 Points

That's not the correct syntax for multiplying in Python. To multiply two numbers use the * symbol.

days = 3 * 4