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Hello.

I've been trying for days to fix this error, but to no avail.

This is the code:

def secret_formula(started):
    jelly_beans = started * 500
    jars = jelly_beans / 1000
    crates = jars / 100
    return jelly_beans, crates, jars

start_point = 10000

jelly_beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)

print("With a starting point of: {}".format(start_point))
print("We'd have %d jelly beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % (jelly_beans, jars, crates))

start_point = start_point / 10

print("We can also do that this way:")
print("We'd have {0} jelly beans, {2} jars, and {1} creates.".format(secret_formula(start_point)))

It is throwing the error (IndexError: Replacement index 2 out of range for positional args tuple) when print("We'd have {0} jelly beans, {2} jars, and {1} creates.".format(secret_formula(start_point))) is called.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Adding a * will unpack the tuple returned from secret_formula

print("We'd have {0} jelly beans, {2} jars, and {1} creates.".format(*secret_formula(start_point)))

(Oct-14-2022, 09:53 PM)Yoriz Wrote: [ -> ]Adding a * will unpack the tuple returned from secret_formula

print("We'd have {0} jelly beans, {2} jars, and {1} creates.".format(*secret_formula(start_point)))

You're a genius! Thanks so much!