Count number of string in the input function

Question

The user provides an undefined number of strings as the input; we have to count number of strings the user provided.

I tried :

    def count(terms*): # Example count('IloveU','Iwantyou','No')
        count = 0
        for term in terms:
            count += 1
        print (count)

Thank you

The shown code will show an error because of different letter case: "Terms" <-> "terms" and a syntax error because of the asterisk in wrong position. — Michael Butscher, Aug 05 '20 at 21:30
@MichaelButscher "terms" and a syntax error because of the asterisk in wrong position"" Can you please direct me to reference. — Protima Rani Paul, Aug 05 '20 at 21:45
There is no such thing as asterisk after a variable name. It comes before https://stackoverflow.com/a/400823/8556199 — Samuel Dominguez, Aug 05 '20 at 21:46
@ProtimaRaniPaul Lets say this ('iloveU, Iwantyou, No'), what the you want as your function output? — Seyi Daniel, Aug 05 '20 at 21:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '20 at 21:45

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Almost there: Asterix has to be in front of the params not at the end.

def count(*terms): # Example count('IloveU','Iwantyou','No')
      count = 0
      for term in terms:
          count += 1
      print (count)

answered Aug 05 '20 at 21:45

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