converting arguments into float before addition operation

Question

am trying to convert arguments into float before addition operation
```trial.py
def add(pardy,pray):
    return(pardy + pray)
add.float((17,49))
```

Ashmit Pathak · Accepted Answer

def add(agr1, arg2):
    ashmit = float(arg1)
    pathak = float(arg2)
    return ashmit + pathak
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i hope this works!

Jon Mirow · Answer

Hi there!
Just a typo. At the moment you have 
python
add.float(...

That will tell python that add has a method called float and to go and get that, but of course add is just a function so it doesn't work. The call should look more like this:
python
add(float(number1), float(number2))

Which would convert each number to a float then pass them to the add function.
OR 
if you wanted to pass them both in as integers and then turn the resulting value into a float after it's been returned from the add function (this might seem the same now, but if you changed what happens inside the function later, it could lead to different output):
python
float(add(number1, number2))

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converting arguments into float before addition operation

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Ashmit Pathak

Ashmit Pathak

Jon Mirow

Jon Mirow

Clainos Machemedze

Clainos Machemedze