Python Challenge: Is there error in this python challenge?

Question

x = list()
for y in range(12):
if y[b] % [/b]2 == 0:
x.append(y)
continue
print(x)

this is the code above from the python challenge. And i find this line of code weird " if y[b] % [/b]2 == 0:", where does the 'b' even come from? Is that an error? Shouldn't it be "if y%2 == 0:" If it is a valid code, can someone please explain to me how it works?

Answer 1

Hi Mario, you are correct, this is syntax error in the challenge code.
I think this [b][/b] may be formatting in the challenge text, it looks like bbcode markup style.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode

Indeed the correct code would be:

if y % 2 == 0:

You can report the challenge question from the app directly and indicate that it's a bug.