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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Points
Posted by FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Points

please don't laugh at me

this is as far as i can get. im struggling to figure out how to make my code to convert and argument into a string. the rest i thing i can manage

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(item):
    if item

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Fhatuwani,

To convert an argument into a string, you would use the str() function, however you don't need it in this challenge.

If you try to convert a string of non-numeric characters to an int, it will give you a ValueError. In this challenge they want you to use the try: and except: blocks to handle that error. The ValueError case would be for dealing with non-numeric strings.

Hope this helps.