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

Posted by Mohammed Naffa
Mohammed Naffa
390 Points

prob?

what the problem here?

trial.py 
def add(float(add,addd)):
    return(add+addd)

2 Answers

Abdishakur Hassan
Abdishakur Hassan
3,585 Points
Abdishakur Hassan
Abdishakur Hassan
3,585 Points

Hi. You don't need floats here.

Your code should look like this:

def add(x, y):
    return x + y
bronsonroybal
bronsonroybal
16,715 Points
bronsonroybal
bronsonroybal
16,715 Points

Hey Mohammed! You almost got it, you should turn your two arguments into floats in the return part of the code. 

def add(arg1, arg2):
    return float(arg1) + float(arg2)