[Tutor] Python programming question related to Return/Print statement

[Mats Wichmann]

On 8/14/20 11:45 AM, eric grunfeld wrote:
> Good Afternoon Everyone:
> 
> I  have been seeking to rectify my mistake in running this program via
> Python.
> 
> Here it is:
> 
> def format_name(first_name, last_name):
>     return "Name " + first_name + ", " + last_name
>     return string

the second statement will never be reached, so drop it.

> However, after running the program, this has been the response:
> Incorrect
> 
> Not quite, format_name('Ernest', 'Hemingway') returned Name
> Ernest, Hemingway, should be Name: Hemingway, Ernest.
> 
> It appears to be how I have programmed my return statement.

it seems whatever grading tool you're entering this into is expecting a
colon after the word Name, so you should include that when you construct
the string....  it's possible from what you pasted that it also expected
a terminating period.

So it appears a question of reading the problem specification very
precisely.