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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Reviewing Functions

Lucy xu
Lucy xu
1,949 Points
Posted by Lucy xu
Lucy xu
1,949 Points

Invalid syntax when I called the function

def sales (number): number=len(number) first_result=number*number print("The number{} squared is {}".format (number,first_result)

sales("good")

1 Answer

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Lucy, can you specify the problem you are trying to solve?

I modified your code and post it here with some comments. Do you want to square the number of characters in the string argument that you are passing to the sales method?

def sales(number): 
    number= len(number)
    first_result = number * number 
    print("The number {} squared is {}".format(number, first_result)) # a parenthesis was missing here

sales("good")

The sales method will print the argument length and its squared product. Be careful though, the len function will count empty spaces too.