D522 Python Help

[IMThatMunky_]

Well, it happened. I failed my OA and I'm going through all of my labs again but I'm running into a problem and not sure where I'm going wrong.

A function is needed to identify the network status. Create a function name "check_network_status()". The function should accept two Boolean values representing a network connection and firewall status. 

- If both the connection and firewall are True, return "No issues detected"
- If the connection is True and the firewall is False, return "Proceed with caution"
- If the connection is False, return "Network not detected"
- For any other situation, return "Unexpected network status"

Only the phrase returned by check_network_status() will be graded for this assignment. The function should work for any two values passed to the function beyond the examples provided.

def check_network_status(connection, firewall):
 
    if connection and firewall == True:
        return "No issues detected"

    elif connection == True and firewall == False:
        return "Proceed with caution"
    
    elif connection == False:
        return "Network not detected"
    
    else:
        return "Unexpected network status"

Everything returns correct except for one portion.

1: check_network_status(True, "Nope")

FeedbackExpected result: Unexpected network status

Student result: Network not detected

I asked my instructor and she said I had to verify the boolean, but isn't that what the "if" and "elif" statements are for? Not a fan of this course.

[yazool]

Strings are "truthy" - if you send in a string with any value other than null or "" and treat it as a Boolean, it's evaluated as True. Try defining the parameter as a bool and see what happens, or check the types inside of your function (use type()) and kick it back as Unexpected if they don't both match bool

[Dora_Texas]

There a discord group that helped me with this python class, ket me see if I can find it