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Python Functions, Packing, and Unpacking Getting Info In and Out of Functions Functions with Arguments and Returns

Kenneth Bagwell Jr
Kenneth Bagwell Jr
3,698 Points
Posted by Kenneth Bagwell Jr
Kenneth Bagwell Jr
3,698 Points

hello_student

how do you concatenate these strings?

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name):
    val = 'Hello ' + ' name'
    return val

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points

You've got the right idea, and + is the right operator, but for the second half you want the contents of the variable name, not the literal string ' name'. Just don't put quotes around a variable.