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Python Functions, Packing, and Unpacking Getting Info In and Out of Functions Functions with Arguments and Returns

Posted by Yemurai Ngoma
Yemurai Ngoma
4,217 Points

hello_student

where am I getting it wrong?

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name):
    name = 'Ashley'
    return ('Hello', name)

3 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,664 Points

You are returning the tuple ('Hello', 'Ashley') regardless of what is passed in. Use regular string concatenation instead (perhaps you were thinking of the print function) and don't reassign a value to name

Yemurai Ngoma
Yemurai Ngoma
4,217 Points

thank you for the hint it helped a lot

Yemurai Ngoma
Yemurai Ngoma
4,217 Points
Yemurai Ngoma
Yemurai Ngoma
4,217 Points

def hello_student(): return ("Hello Ashley")

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,664 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,664 Points

You still need the name parameter.

def hello_student(name):
    return "Hello " + name