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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Posted by Joshua Salmon
Joshua Salmon
2,903 Points

Creating a function activity.

I do not understand why this does not work for the activity? The code runs perfectly in VSCode.

squaring.py 
number = float(input("Pick any number: "))


def square(number):
    square = float(number * number)
    return square


result_square = square(number)
print(result_square)

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

You shouldn't use input, but pass the number,3, directly to square(). You also need to change the variable name to result.