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Python Functions, Packing, and Unpacking Getting Info In and Out of Functions Functions with Arguments and Returns

Grayden Kellogg
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Grayden Kellogg
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Grayden Kellogg
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Returning values in functions

I'm a little confused by the wording of this question I think. The task says " write a function called hello_student. This function should receive one argument, name. This function should return one value, the string "Hello" , followed by the value of the name parameter. Why won't my code work?

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name):
    name1 = "Hello " , name
    return name1
Grayden Kellogg
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Grayden Kellogg
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Grayden Kellogg
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Grayden Kellogg
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I tried other syntax's and logic too and couldn't get it to work. I'm getting an error from this code saying "Hello Ashley" != to "Hello Ashley". I'm confused

3 Answers

jb30
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For your current code, the checker gives AssertionError: ('Hello ', 'Ashley') != 'Hello Ashley'. This means that the function is returning the tuple ('Hello ', 'Ashley') and not the string 'Hello Ashley'.

To combine the strings, use + instead of ,

Andy Hughes
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Andy Hughes
Andy Hughes
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jb30 is spot on as always :)

But also, in the interest of less is more; you don't actually need to create the variable 'name1' to pass the challenge. You can just return 'Hello ' + name. That's enough to pass the challenge. :)