[Tutor] [maryknauth at mac.com: Re: Input parameters for functions]

[Mary Knauth]

Thanks everyone for the good information!

I’ve updated the functions to reflect return account_balance, but when I run other transactions the balance still defaults to original $500.25

I realize this isn’t the best exercise, the course only wanted us to define the functions and then use them, it did not include a loop or return.  Just trying to figure out for my own curiosity.

def balance(account_balance):                                                   # Define balance function
  print("Your current balance is $%.2f" % (account_balance))                    # Prints the current avalible balance

def deposit(account_balance, deposit_amount):                                   # Define DEPOSIT function with parameters account_balance and deposit_amount
  deposit_amount = float(input("How much would you like to deposit today?\n"))  # Accept user input for the deposit amount, in float format
  account_balance += deposit_amount                                             # This addition assigns the updated value of the account blance, to the variable 'account_balance'
  print("Deposit was $%.2f , your new current balance is $%.2f" % (deposit_amount, account_balance))  # Prints depost amount and account balance
  return account_balance                                                        # Return records the new value of account_balance to reflect accordingly in other transactions
  

def withdrawal(account_balance, withdrawal_amount):                             # Define WITHDRAWAL function with parameters account_balance and withdrawal_amount
  withdrawal_amount = float(input("How much would you like to withdraw today?\n")) #  Accept user input for the withdrawal amount, in float format
  if withdrawal_amount > account_balance:                                       # Checking to see if the amount requested, is greater than the amount avalible
    print("Insuffient funds, $%.2f is greater than your account balance of $%.2f" % (withdrawal_amount, account_balance)) # If the amount requested is greater than the account balance, there are insuffient funds
  else:                                                                         # Suffient amount of funds are avalible, the function continues
    account_balance -= withdrawal_amount                                        # Variable 'account_balance' is assigned to reflect the new avalible balance
    print ("Withdrawal amount was $%.2f, your new current balance is $%.2f" % (withdrawal_amount, account_balance))  # Prints withdrawal amount and account balance
    return account_balance                                                      # Return records the new value of account_balance to reflect accordingly in other transactions


Warm Regards,

Mary Knauth

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maryknauth at mac.com
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> On Jun 20, 2020, at 11:23, alexkleider <alexkleider at protonmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Saturday, June 20, 2020 6:08 AM, Mary Knauth via Tutor <tutor at python.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> ‘return account_balance = account_balance + deposit_amount’ is an invalid syntax, so I need to read more about how to utilize return.
> 
> Try
>    account_balance += deposit_amount
>    return account_balance
> or simply
>    return account_balance + deposit_amount
>