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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Packing

Posted by Clifford Gagliardo
Clifford Gagliardo
Courses Plus Student 15,069 Points

Couldn't multiply correctly

I don't see why multiplying the interating variable (nums) by it self won't return the product?

twoples.py 
def multiply(*args): 
    total=0
    for num in args: 
        total=num*num
    return total

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Remember that the task is to return the total product "of all of the supplied arguments". But "num * num" is the square of just one of the arguments. And if you reassign total with this in a loop, then when the loop finishes total will contain the square of the last argument.

Try again, and remember that you want to multiply the arguments by each other, and retain (instead of replace) the product during the loop.

Clifford Gagliardo
PLUS
Clifford Gagliardo
Courses Plus Student 15,069 Points
Clifford Gagliardo
Clifford Gagliardo
Courses Plus Student 15,069 Points

Ah! The light bulb just went off. Thank you!