15. The Big If

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```python

Make sure that the_flying_circus() returns True

def the_flying_circus():
print "what is your age "
a = 1
if not a < 1
print “I did not guess that”
return False
elif a == 1:
print “Your only one, I new that”
return True
else print “somthing has gone wrong”:
print the_flying _circus

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this line:

print the_flying _circus

if you want to call the function, you need () at the end, even though you don’t give the function any arguments:

print the_flying _circus()
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Adding on to @stetim94,

There also shouldn’t be a space.

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@cadecodes, which space?

@kinksy1000, Also, shouldn’t the function return True? if not a < 1 evaluates to True, so False is returned

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After the_flying there was a space. :wink:

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Can somebody just put in the correct answer

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Your program is correct except for a few changes in indentation and alignment i.,e
def the_flying_circus():
print "what is your age "
a =True#change the value of a to True
if not a
print “I did not guess that”
return False
elif a == 1:
print “Your only one, I new that”
return True
else:#colon was missing with a slight alignment mistake
print “somthing has gone wrong”:
print the_flying_circus()

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I really think something has gone wrong

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Just copy and paste my code

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what did you do? Your code your code even worse :frowning:

def the_flying_circus():
     print "what is your age "
     a = 1
     if not a < 1 // missing colon, after if there should be a colon
         print "I did not guess that"
         return False // you might want to change this to return True
     elif a == 1:
         print "Your only one, I new that"
         return True
    else print "somthing has gone wrong":
print the_flying _circus // missing () on the function call, and remove space before _circus

see comments in my code, your indent was fine, and now you made it worse in your last version

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Posting answers without explanation is not according to the guidelines, your post has been removed

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# Make sure that the_flying_circus() returns True
def the_flying_circus():
    print "what is you age"
    a = 1
    if not a < 1:
        print "i did not gaze that"
    elif  a == 1:
           print "your only one, i new that"
    else: "something has gone wrong"
 print  the_flying_circus()

File “python”, line 10
print the_flying_circus()
^
IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level

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15. The Big If
what is wrong here assist me please

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If you want to display indent on the forum, you should format your code:

There is a space before print, remove it. A space is also considered a indention, causing the error

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Haha this cracks me up, then how would they understand what they are doing.