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

Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
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Posted by Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points

can i get an answer to this question

an answer

trial.py 
try:
def add(add1, add2):
    return(float(add1) + float(add2))
except ValueError:
    return None
else:
    return(add1 + add2)

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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you are close. the try goes in the function block, what you are TRYing to do is cast the numbers as floats, if that works, you will move to the else block and return their sum, if it throws an exception, you catch that in the except block and return None.