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Python

Posted by Shmuel Zilberman
Shmuel Zilberman
1,409 Points

err

def yell(text): text = text.upper() number_of_characters = len(text) result = text * "!" * (number_of_characters // 2) print(result)

yell("sup shmulik") yell("derk")

treehouse:~/workspace$ python review1.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "review1.py", line 7, in <module>
yell("sup shmulik")
File "review1.py", line 4, in yell
result = text * "!" * (number_of_characters // 2)
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'

I GET THIS ERR why

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

It looks like you are trying to multiply(*) by ! when you should be concatenating(+). Try this instead:

 result = text + "!" * (number_of_characters // 2)
Shmuel Zilberman
Shmuel Zilberman
1,409 Points
Shmuel Zilberman
Shmuel Zilberman
1,409 Points

thanks!!!