Learn How to Work with Numbers and Strings by Implementing the Luhn Algorithm - Step 31

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

I find myself getting the output I’m supposed to be getting but it says my code doesn’t pass again.

Your code so far

def verify_card_number(card_number):
    sum_of_odd_digits = 0
    card_number_reversed = card_number[::-1]
    odd_digits = card_number_reversed[::2]

    for digit in odd_digits:
        sum_of_odd_digits += int(digit)


/* User Editable Region */

    sum_of_even_digits = 0
    even_digits = card_number_reversed[1::2]
    for digit in even_digits:
        number = int(digit) * 2
        if number >= 10:
            number = (number // 10) + (number % 10)
        sum_of_even_digits += number
        total = sum_of_even_digits + sum_of_odd_digits
        print(total)

/* User Editable Region */

def main():
    card_number = '4111-1111-4555-1142'
    card_translation = str.maketrans({'-': '', ' ': ''})
    translated_card_number = card_number.translate(card_translation)

    verify_card_number(translated_card_number)

main()

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Learn How to Work with Numbers and Strings by Implementing the Luhn Algorithm - Step 31

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@generic_0 have you tried changing the indentation of total and print? I tink it should be more to the left

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Yeah i tried doing that, still not passing

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i think the mistake is that you wrote even digits+ odd digits and not odd +even

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and the check the indentation

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I thought of it earlier, I tried doing that too - didnt make a difference

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I checked this too, the total and print statements are outside the if statement
and inside the for loop

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and you wrote sum_of_odd_digits + sum_of_even_digits in the right order?

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yes, total = sum_of_odd_digits + sum_of_even_digits

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can you share your code again?

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It should be outside second for loop not inside second loop but inside function.

also total = sum_of_odd_digits + sum_of_even_digits

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Got it, This worked - when it said below the for loop, i thought inside it. Thanks again for the help.

Another question - how do I send the code in the correct format while replying to the main message.

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don’t send final answer. The moderators are trying to ensure solutions are not displayed through forum otherwise other students will copy and paste and doesn’t think on how to solve.

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I was trying to send the updated code which was still not working before but i couldn’t send it in the correct format because it was taking it as normal text. So i wanted to know how I can send it in code format. It’s only for future references

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</> use this preformatted text for it when u reply

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In my case when this happens I just RESET :repeat: the Step and rewrite it manually, it seems that the code box sometimes does not accept copy and paste code, I’m working with VS code hence the copy paste is a must to transpolate the code from VS to FreeCodeCamp desktop app.

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