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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Create a Function

Posted by Han Htoo Aung
Han Htoo Aung
1,473 Points

can somebody help me with this

squaring.py 
def square(number):
    return (number * number)

square(3)
print(result)

1 Answer

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ygh5254e69hy5h545uj56592yh5j94595682hy95
7,934 Points

You are almost here, all you need to do is create a new variable called 'result' and pass it the function square with the number as argument.

def square(number):
    return (number * number)

result = square(3)
print(result)
Han Htoo Aung
Han Htoo Aung
1,473 Points

Thank you!!!!