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Python Write Better Python Cleaner Code Docstrings

Posted by Alex Rordrigues Do Nascimento
Alex Rordrigues Do Nascimento
4,634 Points

Add a docstring to Treehouse.student. It should say "Gives a pleasant message about the student."

please help I'm lost

starter.py 
class Treehouse:
    def student(self, name):
        """ Gives a pleasant message about the student."""
        return '{} is a great Treehouse student!'.format(name)

1 Answer

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

The challenges can be very picky about literals provided in the instructions.

In this case, it doesn't like the space added in front of "Gives".

Alex Rordrigues Do Nascimento
Alex Rordrigues Do Nascimento
4,634 Points

thank you