Shapes and Sizes return issue

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#1

I’m working on 5.3 step 10. For some reason i keep getting return outside function. What causes it to be outside function. i try indenting pi an few other things with no luck. any tips will help.
Tia

#2

It sounds like, whatever value is being entered as circumference, is resulting in an answer for diameter that is not defined by your function.

Curious-- did you define and of the inputs or return variables as integers, floats, or so forth?

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#3

Its wanting me to make it were some one can input a number. When I try run it, it said return outside function before a value could be given.
Thanks for responding

#4

Hmm. Not sure. I’d have to see more of your code.

#5

Hi, Christopher. Without seeing your code, it sounds like your return statement is on an incorrect indentation level. For example, if I wanted to write a function that adds 2 to a number and returns the sum, my function definition might look like this:

def add2(num):
    sum = num + 2
    return sum

Instead, if I had the following:

def add2(num):
    sum = num + 2
return sum

I would get an error for using return outside of a function. In Python, you can only use the return keyword inside of a function definition.

Hope that helps!

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#6

Thank you, Ryan.

(For those who may not know, Ryan helps to run the joint and clearly is a top-level coder).

–Thomas

#7

Hi, Ryan

edit: Per our posting guidelines, please do not post significant amounts of code outside of private messages. Thanks!

my error i get after inputting the circumference is

File “python”, line 6, in
File “python”, line 3, in calulate_diameter
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: ‘type’ and ‘float’

Thanks for any tips you can give

#8

That error you’re describing means that your program is attempting to divide a type by a float, e.g. char / SOME_FLOAT_HERE

It sounds like whatever you’re passing in to your calculate_diameter function as the circumference is a data type instead of the actual value. Check your print statement, which is likely to be where that function call happens, to see if that’s what’s going on.

#9

would that cause it be object no callable