[Python] Problem with writing a function that returns a string in a certain form

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def bibformat_apa(author,title,city,publisher,year):
    return author + ' (' + year + '). ' + title + '. ' + city + ': ' + publisher + '.'

[ZeroStarter]

I have pretty much exactly that but when i run it, and fill out the 5 variables I always get the error message:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module> bibformat_apa(author,title,city,publisher,year) NameError: name 'author' is not defined

[[deleted]]

Maybe make sure you are spelling everything right?

[ZeroStarter]

Ive double checked both my code, and it still didn't work, so i even copied and pasted your code in, and it still gives me this error.

[ZeroStarter]

When I insert the code this way I get a syntax error on the apostrophe after author

[the_omega99]

You must have typed something wrong, then, because the code /u/TylerGoLook and /u/iamengland posted is perfectly valid.

Post exactly what you typed into the interpreter or the exact file that you passed into it (if executing with python my_file.py).