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Brad Bittner
724 PointsWhat is the answer? I don't know if I'm doing the multiplication correctly because this language is chaos.
Should I be putting the result of it into a variable? Is there a math function I didn't use properly? I don't remember from earlier videos and I don't want to have to search for it to figure out how simple math works. I'm operating under the assumption python knows the difference between values... because that's how this language is sold so... what did i do wrong here?
def product(num1, num2):
num1 * num2
return
product(2,4)
2 Answers
Bapi Roy
14,237 Pointsdef product(num1, num2):
return num1 * num2
product(2,4)
This is correct format
SÅ‚awomir Lasik
7,792 PointsIn function You do not store anywhere the product from num1 * num2 operation. This can be done by either assigning this to a new variable
prod = num1 * num2
or returning instantly
return num1 * num2
return in the last statement of your function will return None. After return you must give what you want to return
def prod(num1, num2):
prod = num1 * num2
return # this will return None and thus None printed on Your console
print(prod(2, 3))