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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Print "hi"

Chris Smart
Chris Smart
2,213 Points
Posted by Chris Smart
Chris Smart
2,213 Points

printer.py

Both of these functions don't work,,help please?

printer.py 
def printer(count):
    while count > 0:
        print "Hi"
        count -= 1
printer(6)

def printer(count):
    print "Hi " * int(count)
printer(6)
Damian McCarthy
Damian McCarthy
3,656 Points
Damian McCarthy
Damian McCarthy
3,656 Points

The first one should work, but you aren't putting parentheses around your string when you are printing it.

def printer(count): while count>0: print ("hi") count -= 1

Chris Smart
Chris Smart
2,213 Points
Chris Smart
Chris Smart
2,213 Points

Thanks! Using parentheses worked!!

1 Answer

Ebony Plummer
Ebony Plummer
2,713 Points
Ebony Plummer
Ebony Plummer
2,713 Points

I think you need to have count = 0 outside of your while loop.