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

Leen Leenaerts
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Leen Leenaerts
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what is wrong?

?

trial.py
def add(num1, num2):
    # add them together, and return the total.
   try:
    return float(num1) + float(num2)
  except ValueError:
    return None

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Again, attention to detail. Move the word "try" backwards one space. It has to be perfectly in line with the except. I copy/pasted your code and did that one change and it passed!

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Most programming languages don't care that much about white space. Python is a bit... special :)