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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Abdullah Jassim
Abdullah Jassim
4,551 Points
Posted by Abdullah Jassim
Abdullah Jassim
4,551 Points

Firstly not sure of my error, second for the 'except' function, does it have to be followed by ValueError? 

def squared (num):
    try:
        int(num)
    except:        
        return int(num * num)
    else:
        return num * len(num)
squared.py 
def squared (num):
    try:
        int(num)
    except:        
        return int(num * num)
    else:
        return num * len(num)