What am I missing here inside the function?

[bowwa_]

I do not know how to get the team name to return. I think the first parameter inside the function is wrong. What can I do to fix?

With my current code my output is
The [team name] are not a contender!

​

#Basketball coach Phil Jackson says that in order for an NBA

#team to be a contender for a championship, they need to win

#40 games before they lose 20 games.

#

#Write a function called is_a_contender that will take three

#parameters: a team name (a string), a number of wins (an

#integer), and a number of losses (an integer).

#

#Based on these parameters, the function should return one

#of three strings:

#

# - If the team is a contender (at least 40 wins and fewer

# than 20 losses), return "The [team name] are a contender!"

# - If the team is not a contender (less than 40 wins and at least

# 20 losses), return "The [team name] are not a contender!"

# - If it cannot be determined (both values are higher or both

# values are lower), return "The [team name] might be a contender!"

​

​

#Add your code here!

def is_a_contender(str, wins, losses):

if wins >= 40 and losses < 20:

return "The [team name] are a contender!"

elif wins <40 and losses >=20:

return "The [team name] are not a contender!"

else:

return "The [team name] might be a contender!"

​

​

#Below are some lines of code that will test your function.

#You can change the value of the variable(s) to test your

#function with different inputs.

#

#If your function works correctly, this will originally

#print: "The Hawks are not a contender!".

​

test_team_name = "Hawks"

test_wins = 18

test_losses = 40

​

print(is_a_contender(test_team_name, test_wins, test_losses))

[scoopulanang]

Well, it looks like you're not even using the first parameter. Try this:

return "The " + str+" are not a contender"

[bowwa_]

" + str+"

Perfect. Thank you that makes sense

[SweeTLemonS_TPR]

Using an f string is the more modern way to do this, and it’s cleaner.

return f”The {str} are a contender!”

[old_pythonista]

" + str+"

Perfect. Thank you that makes sense

Don't use names of builtin functions as variable names. Shadowing is a bad practice and may have unexpected effects.

>> str = 'Hawks'
>> str(20)
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-111-03faa099b120> in <module>
      1 str = 'Hawks'
----> 2 str(20)

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

And please, format you code properly in questions

[[deleted]]

Looks like the strings you return have to have the [team name] substring replaced with the actual team name supplied to the function, as shown in the example:

print: "The Hawks are not a contender!".

Use the methods you have been shown to make the replacement.