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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Posted by Nicolas Caplan
Nicolas Caplan
780 Points

I get the following error: <function square at 0x7f6a26f28e18> the code is: def square(number): return (number

def square(number): return (number * number)

number = float( input("Which is the number? "))

print("The number is

squaring.py 
def square(number):
    return number * number

number = float( input("Which is the number?  "))

print="The number is {}".format(number)

1 Answer

Nicolas Caplan
Nicolas Caplan
780 Points
Nicolas Caplan
Nicolas Caplan
780 Points

This is my code: def square(number): return (number ** number)

number = float( input("Which is the number? "))

print("The number is {}".format(square))

And this response i get:

The number is <function square at 0x7fb54e412e18>