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James Koki
1,333 PointsCan anyone help me with the second part of the py problem?
def square(number):
return(number * number)
result = number_square("2")
print(result)
2 Answers
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe instructions say to "call your new function and pass it the argument 3
", and then store the return value in result
.
So the issues here are:
- the function name is "square" but this code is calling "number_square" instead
- the instructions ask you to pass
3
, but this code is passing "2" instead - the argument should be a number and not a string (so no quotes)
- for good form, there should be a blank line between the function code and the rest
- you don't need to "print" anything
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James Koki
1,333 Pointsthanks so much steven! it worked