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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Alejandro Byrne
Alejandro Byrne
2,562 Points
Posted by Alejandro Byrne
Alejandro Byrne
2,562 Points

Why am I getting the error, "Bummer! 'squared' did not return the right answer!"?

I don't know how to fix my code... I've revised it multiple times and can't seem to find the solution. Can someone help? I'm supposed to make a function called 'squared' and try to turn the num into an int and square it, if it can't, then square the length of the string.

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

1 Answer

Robert Lyon
Robert Lyon
7,551 Points
Robert Lyon
Robert Lyon
7,551 Points

You are really close to the answer here but the question is not asking you to square the length of the string. I is asking you to multiply the string by it's length.

return num * len(num)

hope this helps