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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Conditional Value

Kimberly Lie
Kimberly Lie
3,617 Points
Posted by Kimberly Lie
Kimberly Lie
3,617 Points

presence of the 'age' variable in my code does not allow me to progress

hi, i tried deleting the 'age' variable from my code since the error stated that the 'age' variable have already been created and i do not need to create it anymore, but when i removed the 'age' variable i am not fulfilling the requirements in task 1. how do i pass this stage?

conditions.py 
admitted = None
age = 14

if age > 13:
    admitted = True
else:
    admitted = False
Luke Hayes
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Luke Hayes
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Luke Hayes
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Admitted is supposed to be returned True if age is greater than or equal to 13. Your code is only checking if age is greater than 13, so admitted is going to return false if the person is 13 years old and not True until you have someone that is 14. 

admitted = None

if age >= 13:
    admitted = True
else:
    admitted = False

2 Answers

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Kimberly,

The key with this one is the phrase "13 or more" in the Task 1 instructions, i.e., greater than or equal to.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a bit of a bug in this challenge where if you set an age variable (even though you are not supposed to), you can still pass task 1 with only a "greater than" condition. But Task 2 will catch both errors.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: This bug has now been fixed.

Kimberly Lie
Kimberly Lie
3,617 Points
Kimberly Lie
Kimberly Lie
3,617 Points

Oh ok! Missed the greater than or equal to part. Thanks for the help guys I think I got this! :)