[Tutor] same ol s

[Alan Gauld]

> Well, you can use len(list) to determine if its even or odd:
> 
> ###
> if str(len(list)/2.0)[-1] != 0:
>     print 'Odd number of elements.'
> else:
>     print 'Even number of elements.'
> ###

Eek!
Try this, its a bit simpler.

if len(aList) % 2:
   print 'odd'
else:
   print 'even'

The % operator returns the remainder of an integer division.
If the length is even the remainder is zero, or false.

Alan G.