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frank sebring
1,037 Pointsit is suggested to use slicing to answer this question.
When i run this on my computer it will generate the correct answer. For example (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) the product is 120 but it doesn't give me credit on treehouse. Any ideas as to why?
def multiply(*args):
product = 0
count = 0
count2 = count + 1
for i in args:
if count == 0:
product = args[0] * args[count2]
count += 1
elif count2 < len(args) + 1:
product = product * count2
count += 1
count2 = count + 1
return product
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Frank,
I've never figured out how to use slices for this challenge - but I'm no Python expert!
The way I solved this was to create a loop, like you have done, to loop over all args. Before that, initialize a variable to hold a value of 1 - don't use zero, else the multiplication will come out as zero!
In the loop, multiply the variable (I called it product) by the arg (you called that i). After the loop, return the product.
I hope that makes sense.
Steve.
mauricio almonte
1,913 Pointsthe way im trying to solve is wit the ----"The type of argument shouldn't matter"---- in mind, for example, test it with this:
test = multiply([6, 2], 15, 10, 2, [6, 2])