Tahir Hafiz wrote: > Finally getting round to doing some more python. > Stuck on a little online exercise: > "Define a function prod(L) which returns the product of the elements in a > list L." > > Let's say L = [1, 2, 3, 4] > > I have done this so far but it's not quite working: > > > > def prod(L): > > sum = 1 > for i in L: > > > sum = sum * i > > > return sum > > > Code seems to print the right value in REPL (i.e. 24) just a for loop > though !?! > Think I am not seeing something obvious.
Look at the indentation. When does execution of the function end? Where should it? If you don't see it yet use another example list, one that doesn't start with 1. Example: what does >>> prod([2, 3, 4]) return? Is the for loop entered? If yes, for how many iterations? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
