Question

I’ve been following tutorials on python and came across a problem:

def middle(L):
   calc1 = (len(L))//2
   print(L[calc1])
   return

and the grader/compiler gave me

“Running middle([8, 0, 100, 12, 1]) … Error: middle([8, 0, 100, 12,
1]) has wrong type “None” Type, expected Integer”

what i have to do is print() an element that is in the middle of a list. Although it did output a 100.
The solution must be so simple, but i’ve just started learning python, let alone coding.

Answer 1

You’re printing the value but not returning it. No idea what your calling code is doing but it’s clearly expecting you to do return L[calc1].