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Python

Posted by Elnur Ibrahim-zade
Elnur Ibrahim-zade
24,141 Points

Python Functions Challange task 2 of 2

Hi, whats wrong with this code?

def square(number): number=number**2 return number result= int(square(5)) print (result)

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

Can you link to the challenge?

1 Answer

Eric M
Eric M
11,547 Points
Eric M
Eric M
11,547 Points

Hi Elnur,

Depending on what you're trying to do your code could be fine.

It could be formatted better though, let's assume your code looks like this:

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


result = int(square(5))
print(result)

When run this will print 25, and the square function works as you would expect (it returns the square of the number it was passed).

If you are trying to pass the coding challenge here: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics-3/functions-and-looping/create-a-function, there are a few things that will trip you up. The coding challenge is not expecting you to cast the result from square() to int and this can actually prevent you from passing, same with the print statement. It's also wanting you to square the number 3 instead of 5. Just replace those two lines with result = square(3).

If you're working on a different problem just let us know what you're trying to do.

Cheers,

Eric