Python "Function call with parameter: Converting measurements?"

Question

I am taking my first programming course, so my apologies if this is a dumb question/possibly classified by the wrong category on this site. One of the exercise problems I am working on is the following:

Define a function print_total_inches, with parameters num_feet and num_inches, that prints the total number of inches. Note: There are 12 inches in a foot. Ex:
print_total_inches(5, 8) prints:
Total inches: 68

The photo attached is the code that I did along with the error that I received. Any help/resources are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Your code fails at formatting the input (along with missing the calculations needed).

def print_total_inches (num_feet, num_inches):
    print('Total inches:', num_feet * 12 + num_inches)

print_total_inches(5, 8)

or

def total_inches (num_feet, num_inches):
    return num_feet * 12 + num_inches

print('Total inches:', total_inches(5, 8))

should do - and no need for return when there's nothing to return.