EASY: 001 Python - Calculate the Area of a Circle

Description

Create a Python function that calculates and returns the area of a circle when given its radius as a parameter.

Sample solution

def calculate_circle_area(radius):
    return 3.14159 * (radius ** 2)

Bonus Challenges

• Modify the function to handle negative radii gracefully and return an error message. (Hint: use the assert statement) [+5 extra credit points]

• Create a Python script that prompts the user to input a radius and then displays the calculated area. (Hint: use the input function) [+5 extra credit points]

• Enhance the function to round the calculated area to a specified number of decimal places. (Hint: use the round function) [+5 extra credit points]

How to answer?

• Navigate to the src directory and edit the solution.py file.

• Replace the pass with your solution.