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

Posted by Dylan Doucet
Dylan Doucet
13,697 Points

My code is saying that It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

what am i doing wrong here?

even.py 
import random
start = 5
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

while start!=0:
num=random.randint(1,99)
    if even_odd(num):
        print("{} is even.".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd.".format(num))
start-=1
Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points

Hi Dylan, did my answer help you? If yes, please mark it as best answer. Thanks in advance :)

1 Answer

Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points
Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points

Your code is right, you just missed the indentations for the while loop. So your code has to look like this:

import random

start = 5

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

while start!=0:
    num=random.randint(1,99)
    if even_odd(num):
        print("{} is even.".format(num))
    else:
        print("{} is odd.".format(num))
    start-=1
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Points

that is a perfect explanation Christof

because the start variable is outside the while loop, the loop will stuggle to count down to zero

that is why it says "looks like Task 1 is no longer passing". its simply asking you to give it a counting variable

hope that helped you Dylan