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Python Python Testing First Steps With Testing Create a Doctest

Posted by Rungano Matonda
Rungano Matonda
3,237 Points

add a doctest to average() that tests the fucntion with the list [1,2]

Hey guys...I need your help here, i don't know what's going on.

average.py 
def average(num_list):
    """Return the average for a list of number

    >>>divide_the_lists([1,2])
    0.5

    """

    return sum(num_list) / len(num_list)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are very, very, close. The name of the function call in the docstring test must match the function name:

def average(num_list):
    """Return the average for a list of number

    >>>average([1,2])  #<-- changed to "average"
    0.5

    """

    return sum(num_list) / len(num_list)