newby qn about functions

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On Jan 18, 12:01 pm, "Joe Goldthwaite" <j... at goldthwaites.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the question completely but maybe the function
> below does what you want.
>
> def lower_case(s):
>
>     return “Testing Functions-lower case: ” + s.lower()
>
> print lower_case(‘AbCdEfG’)
>
> ________________________________________
> From: python-list-bounces+joe=goldthwaites.... at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-bounces+joe=goldthwaites.... at python.org] On Behalf Of
> Cathy James
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:02 AM
> To: python-l... at python.org
> Subject: newby qn about functions
>
> #This has to be very simple, but I don't get it-please help
>  
> def
> lower_case(s):
>     #return s
>     print(s)
>     #return s.lower()
>     print(s.lower())
> s=
> "Testing Functions-lower case: "
> lower_case(s)
> """how can i use a return statement  to write a function that returns the
> string "Testing Functions-lower case: "and the lowercase representation of
> its string parameter""" If I uncomment the above, nothing outputs to
> console:(
>  
> Much appreciation as always.

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Thanks