Need help with age in months | Smarter Dev | Page 1

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 5:38 AM

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I'm trying to calculate age in months the answer is supposed to be 481 but I keep getting 487. I'm very close but I'm unsure of the mistake I'm making in the calculation. Any help would be appreciated thank you for your time! I have been doing this for two hours but like I might be asking a stupid question.

My code for the calculation of age in months:

current_date = (current_year * 365) + (current_month * 30)
birth_date = (birth_year * 365) + (birth_month * 30)
age_in_month = (current_date - birth_date)//30

print("Age in months:" + str(age_in_month))

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 5:49 AM

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What values are you using to test your code?

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 5:50 AM

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2020, 8, 1980, 7

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 5:51 AM

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Where did you get 481 from?

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 5:52 AM

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That was the answer for the example that was given to me

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 5:53 AM

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Wait

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If you want to calculate the months, why do you convert everything into days before converting to months?

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(2020-1980) / 12 + (8-7) is 481 as desired

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 5:54 AM

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autumn cloak If you want to calculate the months, why do you convert everything into days bef...

Uhh well it was the only method I could think of 🥲

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 5:55 AM

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autumn cloak (2020-1980) / 12 + (8-7) is 481 as desired

This is all you need to do

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 5:55 AM

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Damnnn was I just overthinking it?

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Thank you so much gonna try it out

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 6:00 AM

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vivid edge Damnnn was I just overthinking it?

When you convert the values for years and months into days, then subtract them together and then convert them into month, you are adding more possible places where inaccuracies can occur

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 6:03 AM

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autumn cloak When you convert the values for years and months into days, then subtract them t...

Yeah that's what I was worried about but I couldn't really think of anything else

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Oh I just tried it and I got 4.333repeating4

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My full code

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 6:05 AM

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Oh apologies

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It's * 12 not / 12

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12 months in a year

vivid edge Jan 28, 2023, 6:06 AM

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Ahh that makes sense

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OMG

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Wow it worked

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Thank you so much! I appreciate it

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Well now I learned how to calculate age in months properly

autumn cloak Jan 28, 2023, 6:07 AM

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Haha nice!

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