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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Try and Except

Michael Allocco
Michael Allocco
616 Points
Posted by Michael Allocco
Michael Allocco
616 Points

Am I supposed to request user input?

I'm a little unclear on what I'm being asked to provide. Am I supposed to change my code to try my code in its entirety? And, if so, am I supposed to alter it to ask for user input?

trial.py 
def add(num1, num2): 
    try:
    return float(num1) + float(num2)
    except ValueError: 
        return None
    else:
        return float(num1) + float(num2)

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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no user input. Try to cast as floats; you can reassign the floated parameters to themselves or assign to new variables. Except like you are, that's fine. Return the sum of the variables, either the reassigned floats or the new variables. so your code is acceptable, you just need to indent the body of your try block so it's at the same level as the bodies of the except and else blocks.