Python function error, defining variables

Question

Currently trying to set up this function and its giving me errors when defining minus as a variable. I know its the way I set it up, but I cant find anything on the correct setup. Can someone point me in the right direction?

def horizontal(k):
    plus = "+"
    minus = "-"*((k-3)/2)
    print(plus,minus,plus,minus,plus)

horizontal(5)

should be giving an output of +-+-+

Wow sorry about the formatting, will fix in a second

alienmode
– alienmode

2017-01-07 23:11:08 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2017 at 23:11 — alienmode
– alienmode, Commented Jan 7, 2017 at 23:11

lejlot · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-07 23:15:37Z

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The problem is you are running python 3 (it would work fine in python 2.X), where division returns float, and you cannot multiply string by float, change your minus line to

minus = "-" * int((k-3)/2)

then it produces

+ - + - +

answered Jan 7, 2017 at 23:15

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Tagc Over a year ago

Could also just change / to //. Single character alteration to fix the problem.

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