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

Hunter Nelson
Hunter Nelson
533 Points
Posted by Hunter Nelson
Hunter Nelson
533 Points

Help with Task 2 please... I don't understand what the computer wants.

It says to float the arguments... didn't I do that?

trial.py 
def add(x, y):
    return(X+y)
float(x, y)

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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You need to turn them into floats individually inside the function that you're defining. Also, make sure you use lowercase x to refer to the same parameter. The return keyword doesn't take parentheses, you don't "call" it like you do with a function.

def add(x, y):
    return float(x) + float(y)