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Python

Posted by Chester Stephen
Chester Stephen
413 Points

I cant seem to make my function work.

https://w.trhou.se/k1vfylxijp

On the snapshot above (under the file functions.py):

Can anybody pinpoint what is wrong with it?

1 Answer

Daniel Medina
Daniel Medina
13,863 Points
Daniel Medina
Daniel Medina
13,863 Points

Hello Chester,

There are a couple of things I noticed with your function:

First, in your square function, you aren't returning your squared number.

Getting the user input is a great step, but you need to convert it from a from a string to an integer. If you don't convert it, Python will give you an error because it can't square strings.

input_number = input("What number do you want to square? ")
input_number = int(input_number)

The last thing I noticed was that you aren't passing in your input to your function in your formatted string.

I hope this helps.