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Python

Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
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Posted by Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
1,667 Points

odd_even.py

code passes challenge. when i run the code in workspaces, no errors - and no output. what am i missing to run and see output?

thanks much. 

def even_odd(num):
    # If % 2 is 0, the number is even.
    # Since 0 is falsey, we have to invert it with not.
    return not num % 2


start = 5
while start == True:  
    random_number =  random.randint(1, 99)
    number = even_odd(random_number)
    if number == True:
        print(" {} is even".format(random_number))
    else:
        print(" {} is odd".format(random_number))
    start -=1

3 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

The while loop will never run because

start == True

is never True. While start can be "truthy" it wii never be equal toTrue. Simply use the "truthiness" isstart`:

while start:

This extends to using if number: instead as well.

Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
1,667 Points
Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
1,667 Points

Thanks Chris! Another logic question... I understand that if num % 2 is 0, then we've got an even num. Trying to understand the use of 'not'. Is the below saying 'return not 0' -- meaning return true? And if so, then how does even_odd function ever indicate num is an even number, which would be returning a 0... ? 

return not num % 2
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

It has to do with context. 

# True and False can be cast as integers 
>>> int(True)
1
>>> int(False)
0
# and can be compared with integers
>>> 1 == True
True
>>> 0 == False
True
# but are Not integers
>>> 0 is False
False
>>> 
# they are Boolean
>>> type(False)
<class 'bool'>

# modulo % returns an int
>>> 5 % 2
1
# the 'not' says "return the opposite of the truthiness of the expression"
>>> not 5 % 2
False
>>> not 1
False

So because the not casts its output as Boolean, even_odd returns a Boolean.

Hope that makes sense.

Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
1,667 Points
Michelle Wood
Michelle Wood
1,667 Points

Thank you - very helpful!