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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Posted by Mohamed Mohamoud
Mohamed Mohamoud
1,015 Points

define the name?

it works for an intager but if i call a string then it wont recognise it??

how do i solve this?

can you explain it in detail please?

thank you

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(x):
    try:
        return(int(x**2))

    except ValueError:
            return(x*len(x))

squared(name)

1 Answer

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points

When you call the function you have to be careful, if you are going to pass a variable named "name" as a parameter, you have to defined it first. And when you use the int() method you have to put only the variable that you're going to try to "parse" and then you apply the power to it. You could do it like this:

# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(x):
    try:
        return int(x)**2
    except ValueError:
        return x*len(x)

squared("name")

I hope that helps a little bit.