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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Reviewing Functions

Posted by Iniubong Etuk
Iniubong Etuk
2,634 Points

I'm not sure what the correct answer is to this quiz

what will this code print out? I dont think I understood the video really well

1 Answer

nick schubert
nick schubert
3,535 Points
nick schubert
nick schubert
3,535 Points

Question one asks what could be done to fix the duplication of the code. You see the following code: 

first_number = 5
first_result = first_number * first_number
print("The number {} squared is {}".format(first_number, first_result))

second_number = 8
second_result = second_number * second_number
print("The number {} squared is {}".format(second_number, second_result))

You can see that both blocks of code are doing the same thing, which is dry code. You don't want to keep on writing the same code over and over again. So, writing a function that does exactly this will help you.

I hope this clears it up for you!