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Issue with average function

I checked that this average code works:

final = (sum(num)/len(num))

But for some reason when I use my whole function.

def average(num):
    final = (sum(num)/len(num))
    return(final)
num = []
for x in range(5):
    num.append(int(input("Please enter a number. ")))

print(num)
print(average)

It outputs this: <function average at 0x0000027D09927F70>

I don't know why it doesn't just output the average number?

Sorry I am not great at coding.

Solution

  • You didn't call the function, you printed the function itself instead. Try it like that:

    def average(num):
    final = (sum(num)/len(num))
    return(final)
num = []
for x in range(5):
    num.append(int(input("Please enter a number. ")))

print(num)
print(average(num)) #Edited this