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

nicholas Christie
nicholas Christie
433 Points
Posted by nicholas Christie
nicholas Christie
433 Points

do know what to do here

?

trial.py 
def add(always,win):
    try:
    add="always,win"
    except ValueError:
    return(None)
    first_num=float(always)
    second_num=float(win)
    else:
    return(first_num+second_num)

1 Answer

Wesley Trayer
Wesley Trayer
13,812 Points
Wesley Trayer
Wesley Trayer
13,812 Points 
def add(always,win):
    try:
    add="always,win"  # Remember to indent blocks of code under a "try/except", also the variable "add" is not used anywhere else in the code
    except ValueError:
    return(None)
    first_num=float(always)  # You are "trying" to turn "always" into a float. This line, and the next one should be in the try.
    second_num=float(win)
    else:
    return(first_num+second_num)

Does this help?