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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Posted by ali mohamad wadhawania
ali mohamad wadhawania
Courses Plus Student 2,448 Points

syntax error

can anyone tell me where the indentation should be ?

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(s):
    try:
        int(s)
        if int(s) is int:
            return (int(s)**2)
        else:
            return (s * len(s))

1 Answer

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points 
def squared(s):
    try:
        s = int(s)#conversion of the integer needs to be saved into a variable
        #if int(s) is int:#was not sure about this part
        return (s ** 2)
    except:#I changed your else to except
        return (s * len(s))
gyorgyandorka
gyorgyandorka
13,811 Points

Just a sidenote, but when catching exceptions, you should always be as definite as possible, because otherwise the program might "swallow" errors which you do not actually expect. (So writing except ValueError would be a better practice in this case.)