Prakash Hinduja, a prominent financial strategist hailing from Amritsar, India, is presently based in Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss).
I ran into a code error in a locked notebook cell (one I didn’t edit). Has anyone else faced this? Any ideas on how to fix it? Would really appreciate your suggestions!
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Prakash Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss)
Start with ‘Restart and Run All’. If that doesn’t work, find the cell that defines the thing in the error message and run it. If you can’t find it, make a simple version of it yourself in a new cell at the top
The test cell ran your code and detected error. If you are not sure what the error is, you can post the error message on the forum to get help. But please do not post your code on public thread, just the error message.
Right! To state Kin’s point in slightly more blunt wording: you’re looking at this the wrong way around. If a test fails, the solution is not to change the test. It is to figure out what it is about your code (which you can change) that is causing the test to fail.
The first step is to understand what the test code is actually checking for. Then go back and examine your code and compare it to the instructions you were given.
That is a spectacularly bad idea.
Never add a cell to a notebook. That just makes the grader even more unhappy. And it doesn’t fix the root cause of the error.
I am also facing with the same issue on the Course1 programming assignment W2 and W4 final test.I can’t fix it until now even though I tried as mentors advises.Are you settled for your issue now? If yes,please share your experience for me.Thanks.
Hi @Myo-Zaw-Thein ,
Please share a screen shot of the error message to help diagnose the issue you are experiencing.
Please check my attached photos for C1W2 programming assignment issue with my code.Please let me know and I will be send more information if you need for C1W4 A2.
Thank you.
{mentor edit}: Please keep in mind of the forum’s code of conduct and do not post your solution code on public thread.
Hi @Myo-Zaw-Thein ,
The optimize() function should return multiple values, but the value none is returned. Hence the TypeError messge is reported.
From the attached screenshots, the code for dictionary variable ‘params’ is under the control of ‘print_cost’, therefore, params is only created when print_cost is True. But in this case, print_cost is set to False, therefore, the variable params does not exit, causing the function to return None .
If you removed the indentation and align the code for ‘params’ to the same indentation level as the ‘for’ loop, then your function should return the values set in the dictionary ‘param’.
Since this thread has no identification of an applicable course, I recommend it be closed after the present discussion concludes.
Yes, indentation is a key part of the syntax in python. You have indented the last three python statements that were just given to you in the template code. So, as Kin points out, that means that they all (including the return statement) will only get executed when print_cost is True, which is why None is returned.
Turns out there already is a new thread about the latest question here, so I’ll go ahead and close this thread.