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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Harrison Court
Harrison Court
4,232 Points
Posted by Harrison Court
Harrison Court
4,232 Points

I am so confused on squared.py

How do I do this?

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"

def squared(num):
    try:
        response = num * num
        return num ** num
    except ValueError:
        return num * len(num)

1 Answer

William Li
PLUS
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

There's a problem in your try clause. The challenges states that

If the argument can be converted into an integer, convert it and return the square of the number (num ** 2 or num * num).

Therefore, you should try to convert num into integer in the try clause then take its square.

def squared(num):
    try:
        response = int(num) ** 2  # try convert num into integer
        return response
    except ValueError:
        return num * len(num)

hope it helps.