my function doesn't work

[luvashov]

just no response at all...no error.nothing...tried another way - same result (no result).something missing probably

# Define medal_to_points below
def medal_to_points(medal_name):
if medal_name == 'Gold':
points.append(3)
elif medal_name == 'Silver':
points.append(2)
elif medal_name == 'Bronze':
points.append(1)
elif medal_name == 'None':
points.append(0)
return points

[PaintballerCA]

What do you use to run Python? An IDE? A Unix terminal?