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

Patrick Mockridge
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Patrick Mockridge
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Convert your arguments to floats

float(a) float(b) return (a+b)

trial.py 
def add (a,b):
  float(a)
  float(b)
  return(a+b)

1 Answer

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
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Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
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Hi,

  • you need to remove the space between "add" and "(a, b)"
  • remove the parenthesis when you return two variables
def add(a, b): # remove space between "add" and "(a, b)"
  return float(a) + float(b)

edit answer with correct code

Patrick Mockridge
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Actually I wasn't converting a and b into floats, what I needed to do was return (float(a)+float(b)) or assign new variables c=float(a) d=float(b) return(c+d)

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
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Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
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edit with your code

when you return something you don't have to wrap with parenthesis:

def add(a, b):
    return float(a) + float(b)

# or assign new variables

def add(a, b):
    c = float(a)
    d = float(b)
    return c + d