What am I doing wrong? (Basic Python)

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I don't understand what i'm doing wrong here:

This is the code challenge:

"I'm going to create a variable named time. It'll be an integer for the current hour (well, what I want the current hour to be).
I need you to make an if condition that sets store_open to True if time is in store_hours. If time isn't in store_hours, set store_open to False. You'll probably have to use if, else, and in to solve this one."

this is what i have typed in:

Python

store_open = None
store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
if "time" in store_hours:
    store_open = True
else:
    store_open = False

But i keep getting an error message that says :
"Bummer! `store_open` is not True."

What I have tried:

Everything.

I tried retyping it all.
I went back and re -watched the lesson and learned nothing new.

Posted 11-Oct-16 14:30pm

Daniel Choban

Updated 11-Oct-16 23:37pm

Patrice T

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Richard MacCutchan 12-Oct-16 4:22am

You are looking for the string "time" in the array of integers, so that will never work. You need to create a variable named time that will be allocated some integer value indicating what the hour is.

CPallini 12-Oct-16 5:38am

My virtual 5.

Richard MacCutchan 12-Oct-16 6:02am

My virtual :thanks:

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2016-10-11T23:37:00

Following Richard's suggestion:

Quote:
You are looking for the string "time" in the array of integers, so that will never work. You need to create a variable named time that will be allocated some integer value indicating what the hour is.

try

Python

store_open = None
store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
time = 13
if time in store_hours:
    store_open = True
else:
    store_open = False

print store_open

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2016-10-11T15:22:00

Try:

Python

store_open = None
store_open = False
store_hours = [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
if "time" in store_hours:
    store_open = True
else:
    store_open = False

Advice:
You should learn to use the debugger as soon as possible. Rather than guessing what your code is doing, It is time to see your code executing and ensuring that it does what you expect.

The debugger allow you to follow the execution line by line, inspect variables and you will see that there is a point where it stop doing what you expect.
Debugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
Debugging in Python | Python Conquers The Universe[^]
Debugging Python Like a Boss - The Zapier Engineering Blog - Zapier[^]
Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[^]

The debugger is here to show you what your code is doing and your task is to compare with what it should do.

[Update]

Quote:
That doesn't work.

The change I gave you is about the error message you claim "Bummer! `store_open` is not True.".
I never said I did not suspect the if statement to be wrong.
And you need to learn the debugger soon.

By the way, giving error position also help us to see what is wrong.
I don't see any reason to get your error message in the code you provided, even the error message itself is weird.

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