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Hans Bowman
1,083 PointsI don't understand what they want here, help please
I'm really mixed up and don't know what they want me to do. please help
def square(number):
return number * number
return square
function_name(square) = 3
def result():
3 Answers
Eric M
11,546 PointsHi Hans,
You're a little mixed up with your syntax, but you're on the right track!
To start with, you've created the correct function for part one of the challenge
def square(number):
return number * number
When they're asking you to "Under the function definition, call your new function and pass it the argument 3." and store it in a result variable, you don't need to use "def" to create your result variable. I'm pretty new to python myself, but I think def is a keyword for defining functions only. Variables can just be created, they don't need a keyword.
You call a function by using its name, followed by the brackets containing any arguments it needs. In this case you're passing it an argument of 3, so you put three in the brackets.
When python runs, it will turn square(3) into whatever your function returns, but we want to store the returned value in a variable, so we just write the variable name, then = square(3)
def square(number):
return number * number
result = square(3)
Hans Bowman
1,083 PointsThank you, this was really helpful! Sorry for taking up your time :)
Omar G.
3,620 PointsThanks for this. It makes sense now!