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Wilfredo Casas
6,174 PointsWhy is my code not working?
For some reason my code is not working, but it looks ok to me
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(ape):
try:
return int(ape*ape)
except ValueError:
return ape*len(ape)
3 Answers
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsHi Wilfredo - Convert your variavle to an int before doing the multiplication:
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(ape):
try:
return int(ape)*int(ape)
except ValueError:
return ape*len(ape)
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsOne of their example cases is to take a string that could be converted to an integer (“2”), in that case they want you to make it into an int and then square it, not treat it like a string, which your code is doing.
jacinator
11,936 PointsThis works.
def squared(thing):
try:
return int(thing) * int(thing)
except ValueError:
return thing * len(thing)