🔒 help with function no while loops allowed

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@vestal zodiac

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[vestal zodiac]

def get_num(minimum:int) -> None:
    x = int(input(f"enter an integer greater than or equal to {minimum}"))
    if x >= minimum:
        print(f"{x} is greater than or equal to {minimum}")
    else:    
        print(f"{x} is not greater than or equal to {minimum}")
        return get_num(minimum)
    
      
      
      
def print_name_age_v3() -> None:
    agerange = ""
    try:
        name = str(input("please type your name" ))
        age = int(input("please enter your age:" )) 
        return name, age
    except ValueError or age < 0:
        print("you are lying about your age")       
        return print_name_age_v3()
    
    if age < 18:
        agerange+= "child"
    elif age in range(18,65,1):
        agerange += "adult"
    else:
        agerange += "senior"
    
    
    print(f"hello {name} {agerange}")
    

[elfin phoenix]

except can't take conditions

it would definitely be cool if it could, but it doesn't

except will only run when an exception is raised

[vestal zodiac]

ohhh

what should i be using instead?

[elfin phoenix]

if statements

much like the one in get_num

[vestal zodiac]

okay

[elfin phoenix]

in fact, you could just re-use that function

i.e. ```py
print("enter your age")
age = get_num(1)

[vestal zodiac]

ohh oka

[elfin phoenix]

that function does have a slight bug that it doesn't return the age that gets entered, though

it would be useful if the function actually returned that age instead of just ignoring it

i.e. return x

[vestal zodiac]

so i should put the get_numback in my function like this?

def print_name_age_v3() -> None:
    agerange = ""
    name = str(input("please type your name" ))
    age = int(input("please enter your age:" ))
    age = get_num(age)
    if ValueError or age < 0:
        print("you are lying about your age")       
        return print_name_age_v3()
    else:
    
        if age < 18:
            agerange+= "child"
        elif age in range(18,65,1):
            agerange += "adult"
        else:
            agerange += "senior"
    
    
    print(f"hello {name} {agerange}")
    

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