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    Carson Bartlett
3,574 PointsIs mul just the same as add but with a multiplication sign?
It would seem like I would just substitute the plus sign with an asterisk and be on my merry way but it's not working.
class NumString:
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = str(value)
    def __str__(self):
         return self.value
    def __int__(self):
        return int(self.value)
    def __float__(self):
        return float(self.value)
    def __add__(self, other):
        if '.' in self.value:
            return float(self) + other
        return int(self) + other
    def __radd__(self, other):
        return self + other
    def __iadd__(self, other):
        self.value = self + other
        return self.value
    def __mul__(self, other):
        if '.' in self.value: 
            return float(self.value) * other
        return int(self.value) * other
    def __rmul:
        return self.value * other
1 Answer
 
    Steven Parker
243,160 PointsYou have the right idea, but you haven't followed the example of the "add" methods exactly:
- you have "self.value" where the other methods have just "self"
- one method name has the "dunder" (double underscores) on just one side of the name instead of both