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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Dmitry Vasyanin
Dmitry Vasyanin
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Posted by Dmitry Vasyanin
Dmitry Vasyanin
746 Points

What promts the SyntaxError SyntaxError: except ValueError:

New here on treehouse and new to python Can't figure out the solution to this problem and dont understand why the SyntaxError pops up Help pls)

squared.py 
def squared(x):
    try:
        x = int('six')
        except ValueError:
            return x * len(x)
    return x ** 2

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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that error is from indentation: the try and except need to be at the same level of indentation, so move the except left to be even with try, and the body of except to be even with the body of the try. then, what you are int casting is the argument fed into the function, held by the parameter x. reassignment like you have is fine, just change the argument to int to the parameter instead of the string 'six'.

Dmitry Vasyanin
Dmitry Vasyanin
746 Points
Dmitry Vasyanin
Dmitry Vasyanin
746 Points

Thx that helped but now it says : squared didn't return the right answer.