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

Michael Kaminski
Michael Kaminski
1,419 Points
Posted by Michael Kaminski
Michael Kaminski
1,419 Points

I am having trouble returning the proper output from the function. I am not sure what I am doing wrong

I seem to be having trouble getting the variable hello assigned to the function. When I use a REPL in the workspace it checks out, so I am not sure that I am doing something wrong, though I get an error message when I go to check work.

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name):
    hello="Hello " + name
    return hello
print(hello_student("name"))
Abdullah Aldughaimi
Abdullah Aldughaimi
7,103 Points
Abdullah Aldughaimi
Abdullah Aldughaimi
7,103 Points

def hello_student(name): return "Hello {}".format(name) print(hello_student("name"))

I hope this help

1 Answer

Ronald Kratochwill
Ronald Kratochwill
11,213 Points
Ronald Kratochwill
Ronald Kratochwill
11,213 Points

I coded your function and it looks like it may be an indentation issue. Here is what I coded.

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

print(hello_student("Bob"))