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

Christopher Buckhout
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Christopher Buckhout
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Christopher Buckhout
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is_odd Code Challenge

Hi Team, I'm struggling with the following code challenge: I'm unsure if I'm inputting the correct parameter and am unsure what's missing to get a return value true if the value isn't divisible by 2. Thanks in advance for the input!

create_a_function.py 
def is_odd(value):
    return value != 0
Simphiwe Masukume
Simphiwe Masukume
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If a number is divisible by 2 then the remainder will be 0. if it isn't, however, we will get a remainder. To check what the remainder of a value is we use the % operator.

For example, 5 % 2 will return 1

~use an if statement to check if the remainder is not equal zero

~return True if it isn't

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Being "odd" isn't the same thing as "not equal to 0". But it would be odd if the remainder with 2 wasn't 0:

    return value % 2 != 0