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

Where is my syntax error in this example?

help

creating_functions.py
def hello_student(name) 
    return 'Hello' + name 


hello_student('John')

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You forgot the colon at the end of the "def" line.

You'll also need to add a space at the end of the string literal.

And for the challenge, you only need to define the function, you don't need to call it.

Thank you so much.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

By chance ... any relation to Allen Toussaint?

No sir.