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Cheri Castro
226 PointsHow do I add two variables, one is a float.
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'float' and 'str'
This is the error that I'm getting.
def getScores(counter, score, number, totalScores): for counter in range(1, number): score = input("Enter score for the student: ") totalScores = totalScores + score return totalScores
def getAverage(totalScores, number, averageScores): averageScores = totalScores/number return averageScores
And here's the code that is befuddling me.
2 Answers
Benedict Uttley
3,495 PointsYou need to convert the string - score, to a float so that you can add it to totalscores
Change : totalScores = totalScores + score return totalScores To: totalScores = totalScores + float(score) return totalScores
Cheri Castro
226 PointsOMG, TY that worked, now still one more (I hope just one more) bug to work out.