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

Drew Rollins
Drew Rollins
694 Points
Posted by Drew Rollins
Drew Rollins
694 Points

Coding challenge: try and except.

Any insight as to why this doesn't work would be greatly appreciated!

def add (win, lose):

try:
    count = int(input("Enter a number: "))
except ValueError:
    return None
else:
    return (float(win)+float(lose))

Thank you!

1 Answer

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

We dont take in a user input. The numbers will be passed in for us automatically

def add (win, lose):

  try:
    win = float(win)
    lose = float(lose)
  except ValueError:
    return None
  else:
    return win+lose

So in your try block, you want to see if you can convert the passed in numbers to floats. If you can, then the rest of the try block will run and the float values will be reassigned to the variable, then we return it. Otherwise we return None

What you did also works. This would work as well:

def add (win, lose):

  try:
    float(win)
    float(lose)
  except ValueError:
    return None
  else:
    return (float(win)+float(lose))

We dont reassign the variables passed in but rather we just check if any error will be thrown in our try block and then we do the converting in our else statement

Drew Rollins
Drew Rollins
694 Points
Drew Rollins
Drew Rollins
694 Points

Thank you! Very well explained!