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

Posted by Dolapo Sekoni
Dolapo Sekoni
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printer.py

please assist with this

printer.py 
def printer(count):
    print("Hi" * {}.format(count))

printer(4)

1 Answer

Robert Ionut Muraru
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Robert Ionut Muraru
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Robert Ionut Muraru
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Robert Ionut Muraru
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,194 Points

Hello. You don't need to add the .format part in your code, that works for strings and in this case Python thinks it has to do with a dictionary due to the {} which is outside the quotation marks. To fix it, multiply the string by the argument directly.