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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Let's Build a Timed Quiz App Taking The Quiz

Evan Waterfield
Evan Waterfield
3,240 Points

Keep getting a NoneType error for if answer[0]

import datetime
import random

from questions import Add, Multiply


class Quiz:
    questions = []
    answers = []

    def __init__(self):
        question_types = (Add, Multiply)
        # generate 10 random questions with numbers from 1 to 10
        for _ in range(10):
            num1 = random.randint(1,10)
            num2 = random.randint(1,10)
            question = random.choice(question_types)(num1, num2)
            # add these questions to self.questions
            self.questions.append(question)


    def take_quiz(self):
        # log the start time
        self.start_time = datetime.datetime.now()

        # ask all of the questions
        for question in self.questions:
            self.answers.append(self.ask(question))
        else:
            self.end_time = datetime.datetime.now()

        # log if they got the questions right
        # log the end time
        # show a summary
        return self.summary()



    def ask(self, question):
        correct = False

        # log the start time
        question_start = datetime.datetime.now()

        # capture the answer
        answer = input(question.text + ' = ')

        # check the answer
        if answer == str(question.answer):
            correct = True

        # log the end time
        question_end = datetime.datetime.now()

        # if the answer is right, send back true 
        # otherwise, send back false
        # send the elasped time, too 



    def total_correct(self):
        # return the total # of correct answers
        total = 0 
        for answer in self.answers:
            if answer[0]:
                total += 1 
        return total        


    def summary(self):
        # print how many you got right and the total # of questions. 5/10 
        print("You got {} out of {} right.".format(
                self.total_correct(), len(self.questions)
        ))  
        # print the total time for the quiz: 30 seconds!
        print("It took you {} seconds total.".format(
                (self.end_time-self.start_time).seconds
        ))


Quiz().take_quiz()      

1 Answer

Sorry that this is so late, but for people who may see this in the future, the problem is in the ask method. You never returned the answer or elapsed time. At the bottom of the ask method add this

elapsed_time = question_end - question_start
return correct, elapsed_time