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

Posted by burmau Garba
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burmau Garba
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,984 Points

How is this code wrong in runs well on my machine?

How?

creating_functions.py 
hello_student(name):
    return 'Hello ' + name

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,788 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,788 Points

I'd be curious to know how you made it work as it is!
But the Python syntax for a function definition always begins with the keyword "def".