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Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 PointsWhat am I doing wrong?
Can some one please help creating this function please?
def square("value * value")
Vaule = 5
square("5 * 5 = 25")
print("25")
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsA basic function looks like this:
def function(parameter):
do something
return value
The instructions for the challenge are: Create a function named square. It should define a single parameter named number. In the body of the function return the square of the value passed in
So the function called square with a single parameter called number would be
def square(number):
From here it has to do something - in this case square parameter number
value = number*number
So that value can be used outside the function you need the return statement
return value
put together is
def square(number):
value=number*number
return value
which can be shortened to
def square(number):
return number*number