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Heidi Iacovoni
196 PointsWhat is wrong with my code?
I do not understand what I am doing wrong with my code here. It works in the workspace and repel but it is not working in the quiz section for Python. Any ideas?
import math def square (number): return (choose _a_number * choose_a_number)
Choose_a_number = float(input("Please choose a number? ")) number_square = square (choose_a_number*choose_a_number) print ("The square of your number, {} is" .format (number_square))
The error that I keep getting is Error: test_results (main.TestFunctionDefinitionExecution) Traceback (most recent call last): File " ", line 48, in test_results File "/workdir/utils/challenge.py", line 24, in execute_source exec(src) File" ", line 5, in EOFError: EOF when reading a line
This is my 5th line and it looks correct to me Choose_a_number = float(input("Please choose a number? ")) Again, this code works in the repel and workspace but not on this quiz.
2 Answers
jb30
44,806 PointsUnless the challenge specifically asks to get user input, calling input() will usually confuse the checker. Try putting in a specific number if you are asked to call the function in the challenge.
def square (number):
return (choose _a_number * choose_a_number)
The function uses two variables, number and choose_a_number, but choose_a_number is not given a value within the function. Were these meant to be the same variable?
Choose_a_number = float(input("Please choose a number? "))
number_square = square (choose_a_number*choose_a_number)
Capitalization matters in Python, so the variable Choose_a_number has a different name from a variable choose_a_number.
square(2) should return 4. square(2*2) should be equivalent to square(4), which should return 16.
Heidi Iacovoni
196 PointsThank you. I will reassess and give it a try.