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

Posted by Adam Meier
Adam Meier
3,300 Points

telling me to double check my spelling

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

2 Answers

Tim Danner
Tim Danner
3,284 Points
Tim Danner
Tim Danner
3,284 Points

Missing a space there, everything else is perfectly fine:

def hello_student(name):
    # mind the space after Hello
    return 'Hello ' + name
Elliott Hopp
Elliott Hopp
272 Points
Elliott Hopp
Elliott Hopp
272 Points

Make sure there is a space between the o and the single quote.

I think you have it like this now: (o') return 'Hello' + name

It should look like this: (o ') return 'Hello ' + name

When I ran the code myself I got the same error you did. When I changed the spacing by adding the space between the "o" and the single quotation at the end of hello I got it right. Everything else looks good. Great job!