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

Posted by Stephani Dudrak
Stephani Dudrak
1,614 Points

Name error?

I've defined the function to accept one argument, and told it to print a string, followed by the argument passed. When I run it, I get a name error on the argument, saying it's not defined.

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name): 
    print('hello,', name) 

hello_student(Sam)

1 Answer

Stephani Dudrak
Stephani Dudrak
1,614 Points

Okay, so this challenge is SUPER finicky, even after I figured out that I had to pass the argument as a string. Make sure you're concatenating (+) instead of using commas, and returning instead of printing, and that your 'Hello ' string is EXACTLY what's given in the question.