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Greg Kitchin
31,138 PointsPutting the 'Fun' into 'Function' task 2. Help?
So I'm getting an error message saying that task 1 is no longer passing. I've not changed it from the first task. Does anyone know where I'm going wrong? I think I've done something wrong with calling add_list in the second task, but not sure.
//Task 1 lst = [1,2,3]
def add_list(lst):
total = 0
for number in lst:
total = total + number
return total
//Task 2
def summarize(lst,sum):
add_list()
list_to_string = str(lst)
print("The sum of {} is {}.".format(list_to_string,total))
2 Answers
Kristen Law
16,244 PointsThe function summarize only needs one argument, the list that you want to "summarize". Instead of using sum as a parameter, you can use it as a variable within the function to store the value that is being returned from calling the add_list function (also remember that you need to pass in a list to the function: add_list(lst). The way you have it right now, add_list is being called and returning a value, but nothing is being done with that number. total is a variable that is local to the add_list function, and it can't be called outside the function definition. Also, you might need to return the string instead of printing it.
Greg Kitchin
31,138 PointsThat helped a lot, thanks.