Thanks Steven and Peter, I de-dented and changed the variable name and it works now. Cheers, Tahir
On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
