[Tutor] calculating and using area of rectangle

[Mark Lawrence]

On 08/09/2020 06:02, Korean Panda wrote:
> Attached is a screenshot of the exercise. So I'm needing help with with
> this. I'm getting the code to print the area, but for the purpose of
> cleaning up the code style, these commands are still incorrect. Any ideas?
> 
> The code I tried is:
> 
> def rectangle_area(base, height):
>      area = base*height # the area is base*height
>      print("The area is " + str(area))
> 
> rectangle_area(4, 3)
> 
> Here is your output:
> The area is 12
> 

Please use a sensible title so the thread is easily found in the 
archives if needed.  Your screenshot will get stripped off by this text 
only email list.  However your rectangle_area only prints output, 
methinks you'd want to 'return area' and use that outside of the 
function call.

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