Dave, you clearly don't know codecademy. Please be nice to him. Also, I recommend the codecademy forums. They have a lot of material about every exercise. On Apr 23, 2013 11:50 PM, "Dave Angel" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/23/2013 03:39 PM, Roelof Wobben wrote: > >> Im trying to learn python by a course at codeacademy. Now I have this >> code : def shut_down(s): >> s = s.lower() >> if s == "yes": >> return "Shutting down..." >> elif s == "no" : >> return "Shutdown aborted!" >> else: >> return "Sorry, I didn't understand you" >> But when I run it I see this message: It looks like output other >> than yes/no does not return >> "Sorry, I didn't understand you." So can anyone explain to me what I did >> wrong. Roelof >> >> > Wrong? > 1) your message is in html, not text. So the formatting is messy. It > could have been worse, so please learn how to make your email program > behave. > 2) You didn't show your whole program. If this is all you have in the > file, then nothing will print because nothing calls your function. > 3) You didn't describe your environment, including python version & OS. > And if Oscar's conjecture is correct, all bets are off because most of us > won't be familiar with the strange environment. > 4) I can't see how you could possibly get the message: > 'It looks like output other than yes/no does not return "Sorry, I didn\'t > understand you."' And in fact the last part of the message is different > than the literal in the program, so you've got a typo besides. Please use > cut&paste to show your actual code, your actual output. > > After reading oscar's comment, my guess is that codeacademy (not Python) > is complaining about the period at the end of your last literal string. > > -- > DaveA > ______________________________**_________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/tutor<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor> >
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