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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Posted by erik Jones Oniga
erik Jones Oniga
3,307 Points

square function

Hi,

can somebody please help me there?

Thank you!

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

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

You're pretty close, but the number "5" was just an example. The function should not use any fixed number but instead should multiply the argument by itself.

erik Jones Oniga
erik Jones Oniga
3,307 Points
erik Jones Oniga
erik Jones Oniga
3,307 Points

Thanks, it worked!