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

Alex Durham
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Alex Durham
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Posted by Alex Durham
Alex Durham
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else

can someone help me figure out what i am doing wrong thanks!

trial.py 
def add(num1,num2): 
try:
    except ValueError:
        return None:
else:
        a = float (num1)
        b = float (num2)
        return (a + b)
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Didn't you just ask this same question?

And remember to mark the question closed (by selecting a "best answer") once you are satisfied with an answer.

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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you have three blocks here: try, except, else. what you are TRYing to do is cast the number as floats, so that's what goes in the try block. next, if that fails, you want to deal with the exception, so you have except VE, return None. lastly, if casting to float works, you want to return the sum, so in the else part return the sum.