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Python

TRACI JOHNSON
TRACI JOHNSON
363 Points
Posted by TRACI JOHNSON
TRACI JOHNSON
363 Points

Stuck on Challenge - My code work, but there is still something wrong with it. Please look at this code

def square(number): return number * 2

number_due = int(input("What is your number? "))

number_squared = int(number_due ** 2)

print("The square of", number_due, "is {}".format(number_squared))

1 Answer

jb30
jb30
44,806 Points
jb30
jb30
44,806 Points

Using input() when submitting code for the challenges usually confuses the checker. Try assigning a value to number_due directly, such as number_due = 5.

The lines

number_due = int(input("What is your number? "))
number_squared = int(number_due ** 2)
print("The square of", number_due, "is {}".format(number_squared))

will print out the square of the input, but they don't call the function square to do it. Try changing number_squared = int(number_due ** 2) to use the square function.

The square function currently returns the number twice its input, rather than squaring its input.

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