How to add "count" to function

Question

How do i add count and print as many time as count applies?

printer.py

def printer
printer(count)
print "hi"*count

Answer 1 · 2017-06-30T15:32:13Z

June 30, 2017 3:32pm

Hi there,

You've pretty much done that correctly. You just have some new lines where they're not needed.

Start by defining a function called printer that takes a parameter called count.

That look like:

def printer(count):

You then want to print "Hi " out as many times as the value held by count. The question says you can multiple the string.

You want to put "Hi " * count inside the brackets of the print method. Make sure you indent the line as it is inside the method:

def printer(count):
    print("Hi " * count)

That should do it!

Steve.

Answer 2 · 2017-06-30T15:36:37Z

June 30, 2017 3:36pm

One way to solve this is with a for-loop:

""" First we define a procedure named 'printer' that takes one argument: count """
def printer(count):
""" Then start our foor-loop and take advantage of the built in method 'range()'. range() takes two arguments, for example 2 & 5, and produces a list of numbers from 2 to 5."""
    for _ in range(0, count):
        print('hi')

You can also solve this with a while-loop:

""" Same as before we declare out procedure """
def printer(count): 
    flag = 1
    while flag <= count:
        print('hi')
        flag += 1

Hopefully, you understand the logic behind how this works.

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How to add "count" to function

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