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5,148 Pointsyou have a bug, its working on idle
my code works on my idle and it doesnt work here, i tested it with all the examples (2,5,tim,)
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(a):
try:
if a == int(a):
return a ** 2
except ValueError:
return a * len(a)
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! No, this is not a bug although you're really close here. And yes, it does appear to work with the dataset you've tried, but try your code with the string "20". When you do that, you will get a return of None
, which isn't correct.
Take a closer look at what your if
statement is actually asking. Hint: you will not need an if
statement to complete this challenge.
Code to try:
print(squared("20"))
# This returns None
Hope this helps!
omri luz
5,148 Pointsomri luz
5,148 PointsHey Thanks! it worked