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ravi thotapalli
Courses Plus Student 1,113 PointsWhat am I doing wrong here.
try:
n1=input("Enter the first value ")
n2=input("Enter the second value ")
except ValueError:
print(junk)
else:
a=float(n1)
b=float(n2)
x=a+b
print(x)
try:
def add(n1,n2):
except ValueError:
return()
else:
a=float(n1)
b=float(n2)
x=a+b
print(x)
return(x)
add(5,2)
1 Answer
Chris Bellmaine
6,445 PointsHi First time posting and maybe someone can explain better. I happened to see this and thought i'd try. It looks like you haven't placed your code inside the function and some layout needs a bit of tweaking, otherwise looks like you have everything.
I have tried to break it down below and I hope this helps a bit :) Keep it up :)
def add(arg1, arg2): # creating a function to work within | tab in anything following
try: # the tabs need to be correct to be inside the function
answer = float(arg1) + float(arg2) # doing the maths using the arguments, answer is a new variable
return answer # If var answer is okay then it will return var answer
except ValueError: # catch the error | tabbing is important to line up
return None # If an error found with var answer then return None