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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Age Calculation

Posted by Detron Whitfield
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Detron Whitfield
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 197 Points

Should I round?

I am doing my calculations and I keep getting the answer wrong. Should I round my number?

age.py 
years=27
days=9855
weeks=1407.8571428

1 Answer

Charlie Gallentine
Charlie Gallentine
12,092 Points
Charlie Gallentine
Charlie Gallentine
12,092 Points

So the error is not in your calculations, rather it is because you are doing them instead of the program. You are assigning values which you have calculated to "years", "days", and "weeks" instead of using them to create one another. Python will do the calculations for you with a little algebraic logic:

years = 19 # You set the initial variable, in this case your age in years
days = years * 365 # Python will calculate the number of days by multiplying "years" by 365
weeks = days / 7 # Python will calculate the number of weeks by dividing "days" by 7

I do not think you should have to do any external calculations for any of the challenges, after all, that is why we program computers to do them!

Hope that helps!