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Python Comparison Solution

trouble with fizzbuzz challenge

Not able to fix this problem. Please help !

Please enter your name: baishali
Please enter a number: 15
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "challenge.py", line 3, in <module>
is_fizz = number % 3 == 0
TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting

Can you post all of your code?

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

All input from the user is received as a string. So "15" will need to be converted using int() first.

>>> number = "15"
>>> is_fizz = number % 3 == 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting
>>> 
>>> is_fizz = int(number) % 3 == 0
>>> is_fizz
True

Some coders choose to place the input() within an int() to covert the user input immediately into an integer. This could raise a warning if the user enters something that can't be converted into an integer.

You may be asking how this happens. When the operator % has a left-side argument that is a number, the operator is interpreted as the arithmetic modulo.

In addition to performing the modulo operation on numbers, the % operator is also overloaded by string objects to perform old-style string formatting (also known as interpolation). The syntax for string formatting is described in the Python Library Reference, section printf-style String Formatting.

Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!!

Ashwin Kumar
Ashwin Kumar
680 Points

if you have defined number in the input statement like: number = input("Please enter a number: ")

add this next to the above line: number = int(number) basically it reassigns the number variable with a integer version of the number variable previously stored.

you can then do any math operation on it.

Hope this helps.