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Rodwell Panganai Mazambara
3,780 PointsGot the answer to the question below on the forum but can someone make me understand this function.
Create a function named square. It should define a single parameter named number.
In the body of the function, return the square of the value that was passed in.
(A *square is the value multiplied by itself. eg: The square of 5 is 25. 25 = 5 x 5)*
1 Answer
Josh Keenan
20,315 PointsIt wants a function like this:
def square(number):
return number*number
It wants you to write a function that takes any number, and multiplies it with itself to create its square. What the function is doing, is taking the parameter it is being passed, the number we want to multiply by itself, and then doing just that by returning the number multiplied by itself.