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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Posted by frederik christensen
frederik christensen
5,740 Points

I have a problem with a coding task

I am lost here i tried everything to get my code to work.

Create a function named square. It should define a single parameter named number. n the body of the function return the square of the value passed in.

Can anyone help?

squaring.py 
import math

def square(number):
    return (number * number)
number = int(input("What number?  "))
total = square(number)
print(number)
Darrin Fagley
Darrin Fagley
12,432 Points

So from what I can tell the challenge is only asking for a function not any input from a user, I think that if you get rid of all the lines of code past the return line it will work. I got the first task to pass with:

def square(number):
    return(number ** 2)

And the second part of the challenge still is not asking for a user input, it wants you to call the function using the number 3 and store the return in a new variable

def square(number):
    return(number ** 2)

result = square(3)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You only need the argument passed in, and you will "return" the result. You don't need to "input" or "print" anything.

You also only need to define the function, the challenge validator will call it so you don't need to.