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Abdallah El Kabbany
2,042 PointsI need help! please give me a feedback on what i did wrong
sometimes i confused when i go through challenges though i could have watched the videos twice minimum.
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(num):
while True:
try:
guess = int(input("give me an integer: "))
except ValueError:
print("{} is not an integer".format(num))
if guess == int(guess):
return(guess*guess)
else:
return(guess*len(guess))
3 Answers
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsFirstly, you are doing a good job! 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(num):
try:
return int(num) ** 2
except ValueError:
return num * len(num)
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsA couple of suggestion to get you going. Remove the while loop and the input statement as they're not needed. Just work with the argument passed into the function, which you're calling num.
Abdallah El Kabbany
2,042 Pointsthank you :)
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHere's another hint. 
Abdallah El Kabbany
2,042 Pointsthank you so much :)
Abdallah El Kabbany
2,042 PointsAbdallah El Kabbany
2,042 Pointsthank you :)