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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Tuples Packing

Adam Teale
Adam Teale
10,989 Points
Posted by Adam Teale
Adam Teale
10,989 Points

test not passing - multiplied values tuple function

Hi guys,

As far as I can understand the question this does work. Any ideas? Thanks! Adam

twoples.py 
def multiply(args):
    total = args[0]
    for a in args:
        total = total * a
    return total

1 Answer

Tobias Edwards
Tobias Edwards
14,458 Points
Tobias Edwards
Tobias Edwards
14,458 Points

Your function can take ANY number of arguments so you'll need an asterisk before your args inside the function parentheses.

As you've set your total to the first number passed into your function, when you loop through all the numbers passed in and multiply total you will be multiplying the first number by itself. To get around this issue you can just set total to 1 initially.