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

Python

def float(num1, num2):
    return num1 + num2

total = float(5,3)
trial.py
def float(num1, num2):
    return num1 + num2

total = float(5,3)

3 Answers

def add(num1, num2):

    return float(num1) + float(num2)
Christopher Shaw
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Christopher Shaw
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There seems to be a question missing here, only code?

If it is task 2 of the challenge, it states 'Convert the arguments to floats before you add them together', so continuing from the first task:

def add(num1, num2):
    return float(num1)+float(num2)

The function should be called 'add' not 'float'. 'float()' is already a function in Python. This is how I did mine before converting to float:

def add(num1, num2):
    total = num1+ num2
    return total

and after we convert to float:

def add(num1, num2):
    total = float(num1) + float(num2)
    return total

Edit: Aw, two others beat me to it. :p