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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Posted by Boitumelo Motlhabai
Boitumelo Motlhabai
203 Points

need helping with creating a function

squaring.py 
def square(number):
    return number * 5

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,664 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,664 Points

You are close. But your function returns 5X the number. To square you want to return number*number. Then to call it you could use for example:

hundred = square(10)