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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Age Calculation

Posted by phil wilson
phil wilson
Courses Plus Student 161 Points

multiply the number years 34 by the number of days in a year. We'll ignore leap years, so just multiply years by 365

i have ben stuck on this for 2 days now i need help please

age.py 
years = 34
 365 * 'years'

1 Answer

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

Hello Phil,

You are doing great! You have the right idea in mind :+1:

But be careful.

  • :warning: You did not assign the days calculated to a variable called days. The challenge asked you to do so.
  • :warning: If you put a variable name in quotes, Python will think it is a string, which is a piece of text. Obviously you do not need any text to solve the problem, you only need numbers. So to actually get the value within years, you need to remove the quotes.

Once you've fixed the second line, it should look somewhat like this:

days = 365 * years

Happy coding! :zap: ~Alex