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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Joni Mok
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answer

What happened with this code?

squaring.py 
def square(number):
    return number * number
result = square("number")
print(result)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The instructions say to "call your new function and pass it the argument 3." But this code is passing the string "number" as the argument instead.

Also, they don't ask you to "print" anything.