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[rude1609]

> **failing two test cases 1.test_arrangement ,2.test_solutions*
> Describe your issue in detail here.
> 
> **Your code so far**
```def arithmetic_arranger(problems,*args):
  if len(problems)>5:
    return "Error: Too many problems."
  for s in problems:
    x=len(s[:s.index(" ")])
    y=len(s[s.index(" ")+3:])
    if '/' in s or '*' in s:
      return "Error: Operator must be '+' or '-'."
    if x>4 or y >4:
      return "Error: Numbers cannot be more than four digits."
    if not s[:s.index(" ")].isnumeric() or  not s[s.index(" ")+3:].isnumeric():
      return "Error: Numbers must only contain digits."
  for s in problems:
    s1=" "
    b=s.index(s1)
    x=len(s[:b])
    y=len(s[b+3:])
    k=max(x,y)
    if x<y:
        for i in range (k+2-min(x,y)):
           print(" ",end="")
    else:
        for i in range (2):
           print(" ",end="")
    if s is not problems[len(problems)-1]:
        print(s[:b],end="    ")
    else:
        print(s[:b])
 # print("\r")
  for s in problems:
    s1=" "
    b=s.index(s1)
    x = len(s[:b])
    y = len(s[b + 3:])

    print(s[b+1],end=" ")
    if y<=x:
       for i in range(x-y):
           print(" ",end="")
       if s is not problems[len(problems)-1]:
           print(s[b+3:],end="    ")
       else:
          print(s[b+3:])
    else:
        if s is not problems[len(problems)-1]:
            print(s[b+3:],end="    ")
        else:
            print(s[b+3:])
  #print("\r")
  for s in problems:
    s1=" "
    b=s.index(s1)
    x = len(s[:b])
    y = len(s[b + 3:])
    k=max(x,y)
    for i in range(k+2):
        print('-',end='')
    if s is not problems[len(problems)-1]:
        print(end="    ")
    
  if args:
    for s in problems:
       s1=" "
       b=s.index(s1)
       x = len(s[:b])
       y = len(s[b + 3:])
       k=max(x,y)
       a=str(eval(s))
       for i in range(k+2-len(a)):
            print(' ',end='')
       if s != problems[len(problems)-1]:
          print(a,end="    ")
       else:
           print(a)

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**Challenge:** Arithmetic Formatter

**Link to the challenge:**
https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/scientific-computing-with-python/scientific-computing-with-python-projects/arithmetic-formatter

[manjupillai16]

Hi @rude1609 ,

The arithmetic_arranger function is not returning anything.

This line print(arithmetic_arranger([“32 + 698”, “3801 - 2”, “45 + 43”, “123 + 49”])) in the main module is not getting a return value.

Instead of the print statements in your function, you can try to append a string variable and return that.

[rude1609]

thank you very much!!!