A bug in the python course

ashutosh_barot · May 20, 2016, 6:06am

bug in python course

Python >10. A Day at the Supermarket>8.Keeping Track of the Produce

prices = {
    "banana": 4, 
    "apple": 2, 
    "orange": 1.5,
    "pear": 3
    }
    
stock = {
    "banana": 6, 
    "apple": 0,

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though this code is correct,it throws an error.because of a bug.

the bug is ,
when we print value of orange price =1.5 and use %.2f. to print it … it throws an error

Note:I reported this bug to codecademy support team,they will resolve it soon!

Enjoy!

regards,
Ashutosh Barot

ionatan · May 20, 2016, 7:35am

Your output doesn’t match the described format, there are a couple of differences.

And also, it expects the default string conversion for floats (%s)

ashutosh_barot · May 20, 2016, 8:33am

if it expects %s ,then change all the values to integer,(orange=15 in prices)
and then try with %d

it won’t give an error ,while using %d ,to print the results

using %2f to print a float value should not be considered as an error…that’s the bug