how to use float function inside the add function in the code challenge.

Question

I am trying to add float() inside add function to convert two of its argument into floats but its giving add returned wrong values error (in code challenge)
```trial.py
def add(num1 , num2):
    float(num1) 
    float(num2)
    return (num1 + num2)
```

zy93 · Answer

When you use float(x),  this returns the value as a float -- It doesnt change the value in place.
Therefore, you need to just do the following:
python 
def add(num1, num2):
    num1 = float(num1)
    num2 = float(num2)
    return num1 + num2

Hope this helps!

Jennifer Nordell · Answer

Hi there!  You are on the right track!  The problem here is that you are converting (or trying to) to float.  But then you never do anything with the resulting value. There's a way we can do this that looks much like your original code:
```python
def add(num1 , num2):
    num1 = float(num1) 
    num2 = float(num2)
    return (num1 + num2)
```
This will convert the number and then assign the conversion back into that variable.  Then you send away the converted values.  But... there's an even shorter way to do this.
```python
def add(num1 , num2):
    return float(num1 )+ float(num2)
```
Here we convert num1 and convert num2  and return the resulting addition all on one line.
Happy coding! :sparkles:

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