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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Posted by Ryan Felton
Ryan Felton
1,471 Points

how do i get squared to return the right answer?

yeah

squared.py 
def squared(num):
    try:
        if num is int:
            return (num*num)
    except:
            return num*len(num)
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Please post this to continue the existing thread and not start a second thread. Otherwise the first thread becomes abandon and can not be come to a conclusion.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

[I have the answer you need.... see you in the other thread]

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

You don't need to test the type of the argument, but you do need to convert it to "int" inside the "try" block.