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Python Write Better Python Cleaner Code Operator Spacing

Posted by Sinazo Nongena
Sinazo Nongena
2,517 Points

Fix the spacing around commas, operators, and in function calls

My code looks correct to me but I get the bummer message.

please help

starter.py 
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]


def add(num1, num2):
    return num1 + num2


def subtract(num1, num2):
    return num1 - num2


def mathy(num1, num2):
    up = add(5 + 7, 7 + 9)
    down = subtract(6, 3)
    return add(up, down)

1 Answer

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

This is a tricky challenge as you need to get python's styling rules, the only thing you are missing I believe is a blank line at the end of the file, you should end every python file with a single blank line, with that added your code passes for me.