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ianmckellar
4,344 PointsWhen I try task 3 I get an error message saying Task 1 is no longer passing. I haven't touched task 1.
I don't know why this is the case. Like I said, I never changed task 1 when I tried task three and don't really see how it could be incorrect seeing as how its a single variable.
age = 20
days = age*52*7
summary = ("I am " + days + " days old!")
2 Answers
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsHi Ian,
When you get this error, it usually means there is a syntax error in your current challenge. If you go back to step one and run your code your will often get a better error description. In this case, the way your are putting summary together it says "Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly". The best way to do this challenge is using a placeholder. e.g.
age = 20
days = age * 52 * 7
summary = "I am {} days old!".format(days)
ianmckellar
4,344 Pointsah, I see how yours works. It makes more sense. Is there a logical reason as to why it doesn't like what I was typing in, or is it just picky with converting ints into strings.
On another note I ran it through eclipse to see what error I was getting and it was exactly what you said. Google searches wern't as concise as your answer though.
Thanks!
Seth Reece
32,867 PointsWhen you tried to concatenate, you where put an int in the middle of a string you will get an error. .format() converts your int to a string automatically. str.format docs