Why my code doesn't work in the code Playground exercise (Python)

Question

My function doesn't return anything even when I return a variable with the result:

#taking the weight as input
weight = int(input())

#complete the function
def shipping_cost(weight):
cost = weight * 5
return cost

#function call
shipping_cost(weight)

Answer 1

It does return something, you're just not printing anything. Can either store the information returned and then print like this:

result = shipping_cost(weight)
print(result)

Or just put thr function call in a print statement:

print(shipping_cost(weight))

Answer 2

You need to use print on your function call like this:

print(shipping_cost(weight))

Answer 3

Oh thanks guys, I didn't see I had to use the shipping_cost function as an argument of the print function.

Now it makes sense, thanks a lot guys!👍🏻