Problem with a function in Python 2.5 - what the argument should be; if an "if" statement is appropriate; making an accumulator work -

i appreciate on code. i'm trying function print results. program takes random numbers , determines whether or odd. works. supposed give tally of how many numbers odd , how many even.

i'm trying build "tally_status_count" function can't work. set 'even_total' , 'odd_total' variables global variables, tried moving them function.

i'm lost. appreciated.

regards

code:

import random  even_total = 0 odd_total = 0  def main():      print 'number\tstatus'     print'______________'      count in range (10):         number = random.randint(1, 10)         status = odd_even(number)          print number, '\t', status      tally_status_count(odd_even)             #function determine odd or status def odd_even(number):     if (number % 2) == 0:         status = 'even'     else:         status = 'odd'     return status  #function tally odd , counts def tally_status_count(odd_even):      even_total = 0     odd_total = 0      status in range (status):         if status == 'even':             even_total = even_total + 1         else:                       odd_total = odd_total + 1       print     print 'the total count of numbers is: ', even_total     print 'the total count of odd numbers is:  ', odd_total  main() 

i see several problems code.

problem 1: tally_status_count takes argument never used. there's nothing wrong this, it's odd , means you're not sure how you're trying do.

problem 2: tally_status_count uses variable doesn't exist, 'status.' guessing intended status passed argument function. in case, function definition should this:

def tally_status_count(status): 

when fix problem 2, end problem 3, is...

problem 3: malformed for-loop. this:

for status in range (status): 

is nonsense , won't work. range() function takes integers , returns list of integers. if 'status' string, can't use range().

problem 4: status last random number, not of them. every time run line:

status = odd_even(number) 

the old value status thrown away.

this code meant write:

import random  even_total = 0 odd_total = 0  def main():      print 'number\tstatus'     print'______________'     statuses = [] #the status each random number added list      count in range (10):         number = random.randint(1, 10)         current_status = odd_even(number)          print number, '\t', current_status          statuses += [current_status] #add list      tally_status_count(statuses) #go through list , total  #function determine odd or status def odd_even(number):     if (number % 2) == 0:         status = 'even'     else:         status = 'odd'     return status  #function tally odd , counts def tally_status_count(statuses):      even_total = 0     odd_total = 0      status in statuses:         if status == 'even':             even_total = even_total + 1         else:                       odd_total = odd_total + 1       print     print 'the total count of numbers is: ', even_total     print 'the total count of odd numbers is:  ', odd_total  main()