what is wrong with this code?

Question

error says "try again"

trial.py

def add(x,y):
try:
    return( float(x) + float(y))
except ValueError: 
    return None
else: 
    print(x + y)

Answer 1 · 2016-11-01T20:25:56Z

November 1, 2016 8:25pm

Just to clearify the task. You are supposed to convert the input to floats inside Try and then return them inside Else.

You're on the right path, but there are some things you need to have in mind.

Try - Used to try a piece of code. (In this case converting ints to floats)

Except - What should be done if the code inside Try doesn't work.

Else - If the code inside Try works, do this.

Hope you can figure it out :)

Answer 2 · 2017-01-15T00:48:23Z

January 15, 2017 12:48am

Make sure your formatting and indentation is correct.

Should look something like this:

def add(a, b):
    try:
        result = float(a) + float(b)
    except (ValueError):
        return None
    else:
        return result

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