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

Posted by Azamat Murzabayev
Azamat Murzabayev
2,542 Points

What do I put in the 3rd line?

It told me to call the hello_student function, and make the return value to be a variable that's called hello. I tried calling the function, but I don't know what to put inside the circular brackets.

creating_functions.py 
def hello_student(name):
   hello = 'Hello ' + name
hello_student('')
Abdi Salad
Abdi Salad
8,078 Points
Abdi Salad
Abdi Salad
8,078 Points

def hello_student(name): hello = 'Hello ' + name return hello

hello_student('Azamat')

I believe this code snippet should work for ya.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

For task 1, the function needs to return the string instead of creating a variable with it.

Then for task 2, the assignment of "hello" should be done outside of the function, and by calling the function.

Ritik Parihar
Ritik Parihar
2,169 Points
Ritik Parihar
Ritik Parihar
2,169 Points

on the third line you should add a return statement returning u'r 'hello' variable

//syntax

def hello_student(name): hello = 'Hello' + name return hello