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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Packing

srikanth soma
srikanth soma
1,572 Points
Posted by srikanth soma
srikanth soma
1,572 Points

Tuples 

def multiply(*args):
    for item in args:
        result = item * args
        return result
twoples.py 
def multiply(*args):
    for item in args:
        result = item * args
        return result

2 Answers

srikanth soma
srikanth soma
1,572 Points
srikanth soma
srikanth soma
1,572 Points

Yes, It helps thanks

AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points
AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points

Happy to hear! No problem.

AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points
AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points

You're not supposed to multiply every item in the argument by the argument, but multiply all of the items together. You need to create a variable equal to 1 before the for loop, so that the items have something to start with. Then you can multiply each item by that variable, and each time change the variable into the product of the item and the variable with *=. then just return the variable! (I named my variable total) Hope this helps!!

def multiply(*args):
#create a variable equal to 1 
    total = 1
    for item in args:
# the *= opperand multiplies the two values and then assigns the product to the variable
        total *= item
    return total