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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Print "hi"

Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points
Posted by Paul Je
Paul Je
4,435 Points

Unsure how to format with the right syntax

Not sure how to write this so that count multiplies the string printouts.. tried using brackets in seemingly every combination, any help would be appreciated..

printer.py 
count = 10

printer = print("Hi ") * count

3 Answers

Leo Jacoby
Leo Jacoby
2,785 Points
Leo Jacoby
Leo Jacoby
2,785 Points

What you need to do is put the "* count" inside the "print" statement. The code would look like:

printer = print("Hi " * count)

This should help.

Stephan Olsen
Stephan Olsen
6,650 Points
Stephan Olsen
Stephan Olsen
6,650 Points

As Jenny said, you need to place the count inside the parenthesis. Also the challenge asks you to write a function, so you need to define a function named printer and not just a variable -->

def printer(count):
    print("Hi " * count)
kachrimanidisprodromos
kachrimanidisprodromos
1,151 Points
kachrimanidisprodromos
kachrimanidisprodromos
1,151 Points 
count = (the number of times you want to print the "Hi")
def printer(count)
    print("Hi" * count)