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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Thananjaya Chakravarthy
Thananjaya Chakravarthy
4,672 Points
Posted by Thananjaya Chakravarthy
Thananjaya Chakravarthy
4,672 Points

how to return the argument if it is a string?

on checking in my work space, I could able to get the output if the argument is numbers. but , I could not if the argument is string.

kindly, help me out!!

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(num):
    try:
        num1=num*num
        return num1
    except ValueError:
        num2=4*"num"
        return num2

1 Answer

Alx Ki
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Alx Ki
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Hi, Thananjaya Chakravarthy !

You can use "*" with strings.

for example:

 "num" * 2 # it would return "numnum"

So challenge wants you to find length of a given string (which would be an integer) and then multiply given string by that length.

Does it help?