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Anmol Gulati
13,991 PointsCreate a function named square. It should define a single parameter named number. In the body of the function, return
def square(number)
return number*2
number = 5
square=number*number
print (square)
2 Answers
simon sjöö
2,130 PointsAll you have to do is change "return number*2" to "return number*number"
Steven Parker
229,744 PointsThe value being returned here is the number times 2 instead of the number squared. The exponent operator has two asterisks ("**"), or you can multiply the number by itself as you did later. And to be considered part of the function, the "return" statement must be indented.
Also, you don't need any of that code following the function for the challenge.
emmanuelagubata
611 Pointsok, I applied it the way you wrote it, but still get error message.
emmanuelagubata
611 Pointsi got this error message: Bummer: AssertionError: 2 != 1 : Uh oh, seems like your math might be off for the argument 1, try again
emmanuelagubata
611 Pointsdo you know what this error message means?
emmanuelagubata
611 PointsSteven, thank you for the answer, but my script returned the error on the math. If you have a solution to it please post it. thank you.
Steven Parker
229,744 PointsStart a fresh question where you show your actual code, and we can probably help you figure it out.