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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Even or Odd Loop

Posted by nicolepetroski
nicolepetroski
2,112 Points

What's wrong? Task one no longer passing?

What is the error in my code that stops task one from passing?

even.py 
import random

start = 5
while True:
       num = random.randit(1, 99)
    def even_odd(num):
        if % 2 == 0:
            print("{} is even".format(num))
        else:
            return not num % 2
        start - 1

1 Answer

samt
samt
6,039 Points
samt
samt
6,039 Points

Looks like your loop is going to run forever as

while true:

will always be true.

This will do the trick:

while start: