Whats wrong with this Code?

[Fokus]

       Whats wrong with this bit of code? I think the problems are down at the print statement but I'm not sure. Please let me know your thoughts about this.  

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, coyotetracker said:

       Whats wrong with this bit of code? I think the problems are down at the print statement but I'm not sure. Please let me know your thoughts about this.  

What language is it?

[Fokus]

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

What language is it?

Python

[lewdicrous]

If you want to add first then divide then you need to put 'a' and 'b' in parenthesis

class MathUtils:
  @staticmethod
  def average(a,b):
    return (a+b)/2
print(MathUtils.average(2,1))

Operator Precedence:

Spoiler

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

12 minutes ago, coyotetracker said:

       Whats wrong with this bit of code? I think the problems are down at the print statement but I'm not sure. Please let me know your thoughts about this.  

Order of operations still applies in programming as it does in math. The code will execute b / 2 before a + b.

[mariushm]

See Operator Precedence : https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence

 

Basically multiplication and division have higher priority so they're done first, unless you put something between brackets.

 

 

[YedZed]

Isn't this the wrong sub?

[SoulWolfX]

U forgot the "'s and get rid of the ) at the end you only need one

[Fokus]

2 minutes ago, SoulWolfX said:

U forgot the "'s and get rid of the ) at the end you only need one

That's what I thought I eventually figured it out. Thanks, m8.

[SoulWolfX]

Just now, coyotetracker said:

That's what I thought I eventually figured it out. Thanks, m8.

np.

[WiiManic]

4 hours ago, SoulWolfX said:

U forgot the "'s and get rid of the ) at the end you only need one

You don't need quotes around any of it, since print() is fine printing numbers.

 

And the final ) is needed, since the first one closes the call to MathUtils.average().

If they only had 1 ), the code wouldn't run.

 

Like a few people have said, it was due to the brackets missing around (a + b) to ensure that the addition is done first.