even_odd

Nigel;

Let's walk through your code a bit here to see why it has some problems running.

your_code.py

import random
def even_odd(num):
    return num%2
number=random.randint(1,99)
while True:
    if number == even_odd :
        print('{} is even'.format(number))
        break
    else:
        print('{} is odd'.format(number))
        break

Your even_odd function is taking a number and then just returning the value of the result of the remainder of "num divided by two", which is what that % operator does. For example, if our number was five, even_odd would be returning a value of one. While that is useful, that isn't really what the challenge is wanting, we'll get into the challenge more in a moment. I'd like to walk through more of your specific code first.

Let's next look at your While statement. I can definitely see what you are trying to accomplish there, but there are some problems in there. First, you are comparing the randomly generated number variable to, the way the current syntax is, an undefined variable, even_odd. That should cause the script to stop with a NameError.

Let's assume that we change that first comparison to use the even_odd method by if number == even_odd(number). That's closer, right? Because we're now using the method and doing something to the number. However, think through what is actually going on in that While statement.

Let's say, for example, that our random number is 62. We would expect to be told that it is even, right? If we walk through the code, we get if 62 == even_odd(62): ... But what does even_odd(62) return? It would return a value of zero, correct? Because 62%2 doesn't have a remainder. So our conditional check would put us into the "odd" else statement.

Okay, now what about the code challenge itself?

We want our function to return True if a number is even and False if it is odd. Therefore all of our conditional checking needs to take place inside our function. Knowing that number % 2 will be zero if the number is even, we can use that in our conditional check, for example:

if number % 2 == 0:
    return True

I'd like to see you work out the actual function on your own, Nigel, so I won't just give it all to you. :-) Hopefully, my wall of text here provides some explanation not only of where your code has been, but where it needs to go.

Also, for this challenge, you don't need to worry about generating numbers yourself. The challenge engine will generate random numbers and pass them into even_odd when it checks your answer. You really only need to write a function that returns True for even numbers and False for odd numbers.

Post back if you're still stuck.

Ken