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

Siddharth Chavan
Siddharth Chavan
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Posted by Siddharth Chavan
Siddharth Chavan
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What is wrong with this?!

Please help. Look at the code and tell me what's wrong.

printer.py 
def printer(count)
        print "Hi " * count

2 Answers

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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  • You need a colon at the end of the first line when you define your function
  • You need call the print function with parentheses. The old version of Python let you just use print without parentheses but newer version requires them.
def printer(count):
    print("Hi " * count)
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! The definition of your function is missing a colon after the parameters. The indentation is incorrect on the second line. And the print function needs parentheses around the arguments. Take a look at another example:

def printMe(myString):  #note the colon here
    print(myString)          #note the parentheses here

Hope this helps! :sparkles: