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Python Functions, Packing, and Unpacking Getting Info In and Out of Functions Functions with Arguments and Returns

Richard Andison
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Richard Andison
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Posted by Richard Andison
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Richard Andison
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 13,211 Points

Hello. Im having some trouble on the second section. I am a confused as to how to set the "hello" variable properly. TY

Cheers!

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name):
    hello = "Hello " + name
    return hello

2 Answers

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
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Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

In Python you can save the result of running a function within a variable:

def hello_student(name):
    return "Hello " + name

hello = hello_student("Tommy")

So it wants you to create a variable and save the result of running your function there. Hope this helps!