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Jesse Peck
234 PointsFunctions and calling them in python
The Challenge Task is that I have to first, "Under the function definition, call your new function and pass it the argument 3." Then my next one is, "Since your square function returns a value, create a new variable named result to store the value from the function call." Honestly I've tried so many ways I just need someone who has a lot of experience in python to help me do it and understand it the right way.
def square(number):
return(number * number)
2 Answers
Tim Rach
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 25,127 PointsYou call a function by typing the name of your function, and inside brackets the argument for it. So in your case
def square(number):
return(number * number)
square(3)
Magnus Lindberg Christensen
2,231 PointsThe part you have postet is correct.
The challenge is asking you to store the function call (square(3)), and not the function in general or the return value.
therefore your code should look like the following:
result = square(3)