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

Jamaru Rodgers
Jamaru Rodgers
3,046 Points
Posted by Jamaru Rodgers
Jamaru Rodgers
3,046 Points

What's the problem here?

I cant figure out what I did wrong. Did I do the wrong operation syntax or am I really missing a line of code somewhere?

printer.py 
def printer(count):
    return "Hi " * count

printer(7)
hiply = printer(7)
print(hiply)

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

The problem is that the challenge asked you to make a function that prints something. Instead, you have created a function that returns something, and you then print that outside of the function definition. The end result is the same, but these challenges can be quite picky so you need to follow the instructions exactly.

def printer(count):
    print("Hi " * count)

printer(7)
Jamaru Rodgers
Jamaru Rodgers
3,046 Points
Jamaru Rodgers
Jamaru Rodgers
3,046 Points

Thanks. The directions always get me cause I'm almost never spot on but like you said, the code still works. But thanks for this!!