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

nicholas Christie
nicholas Christie
433 Points
Posted by nicholas Christie
nicholas Christie
433 Points

been stuck on this for a while cant figure it out

?

trial.py 
def add(always,win):
    try:
first_num= float(always)
second_num=float(win)
    except ValueError:
    return(None)
    else:
        return(first_num + second_num)

1 Answer

Alec Sandoval
Alec Sandoval
1,687 Points
Alec Sandoval
Alec Sandoval
1,687 Points

HI, was having same problem but I finally solved it

def add(a,b):
    try:
        int(float(a)+float(b))
    except ValueError:
        return(None)
    else:
        return(float(a)+float(b))
nicholas Christie
nicholas Christie
433 Points
nicholas Christie
nicholas Christie
433 Points

ok thank you this worked i believe what i did wrong was i needed an extra indentation after try ,except and else i had the indentation in the blocks but all lined up.