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Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 00:06:11 +1000
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On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:56 PM, leonardo selmi <l.selmi@icloud.com> wrote:
> so i wrote the following code:
> def rental_car_cost(days):
>         cost = 40*days
>         if days >= 7:
>             return cost - 50
>         elif days >= 3 and days < 7:
>             return cost - 20
>         else:
>             return cost
>
> but it seems not to be right cause the computer answers: Oops, try again!
> Did you create a function called rental_car_cost?

That code looks fine to me (though I'd drop the "and days < 7" as it's
redundant); but the error you're getting isn't a Python exception.
What's giving that error? You may need to check the framing of your
code. How does codecademy (which I'm not familiar with) locate your
function?

ChrisA