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Python Python Testing First Steps With Testing Create a Doctest

Posted by ASHOK Gudivada
ASHOK Gudivada
11,701 Points

What's wrong with my code?

Help

average.py 
def average(num_list):
    """Return the average for a list of numbers"""

    >>> average([1,2])
    1.5

    """
    return sum(num_list) / len(num_list)

1 Answer

Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
34,969 Points

Hopefully you can see the error:

def average(num_list):
    """Return the average for a list of numbers
    >>> average([1, 2])
    1.5

    """
    return sum(num_list) / len(num_list)