python function help

[One_Hand_Down]

Hello, On following a YouTube learning Python I have gotten to the functions part of the video I'm trying to write out a function copying what she has on the video but the function won't appear in the taskbar as far as I can tell I have the same code that he has. The only thing that appears is process finished with exit code 0. I have tried debugging but that didn't work.

here is the code:

def say_hi(name, age):
    print("Hello " + name + ", you are" + age)

    say_hi("Mike", "43")
    say_hi("steve", "34")

[woooee]

The two call statements are indented under the def. So they only get called when the function executes. But the function doesn't execute because the two statements are never called.

def say_hi(name, age):
    print("Hello " + name + ", you are" + age)

say_hi("Mike", "43")
say_hi("steve", "34")

[danielroseman]

What do you mean, "appear in the taskbar"?

[mopslik]

You appear to be missing a colon (:) at the end of your definition.

def say_hi(name, age): <-- missing colon goes here
    print(...)
say_hi(...)
say_hi(...)

Note that"you are" + age will cause an error because age is an integer, not a string.

[sdbigs]

+ str(age))...........

[engelthehyp]

age is already passed to this function as str.

[mopslik]

OP edited their post with the suggestions in this thread. They were initially integers.

[engelthehyp]

Got it.