FAQ: Code Challenge: Control Flow - Movie Review

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Movie Review” exercise from the lesson “Code Challenge: Control Flow”.

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Hi everyone!

I just have a quick question to fully understand this simple boolean code.

If the movie rating is less than or equal to 5 prints something, if it is less than 9, prints something else. Fine. But 4 is less than 5 AND less than 9. Wouldn’t that rating print “Avoid at all costs” and “This one was fun”?

Sorry for my ignorance I am very new at coding, and thank you in advance.

Write your movie_review function here:

def movie_review(rating):
if(rating <= 5):
return “Avoid at all costs!”
if(rating < 9):
return “This one was fun.”
return “Outstanding!”

Uncomment these function calls to test your movie_review function:

print(movie_review(9))

should print “Outstanding!”

print(movie_review(4))

should print “Avoid at all costs!”

print(movie_review(6))

should print “This one was fun.”

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Yes, that is so, however since we return for the first test, that value will have been processed and the second if will never be seen since we’ve exited the function.

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Oh I see. That makes sense. Thank you.

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