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Nate Harner
686 Pointshow do you convert arguments to floats
How do I convert arguments to floats
def add(A,B):
return A + B
add = "Floats
2 Answers
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points# per your example
def add(a, b):
return float(a) + float(b)
This might throw an error, so you'll need to wrap that a Try/Except block
def add(a,b):
try:
return float(a) + float(b)
except ValueError:
return None
Tim Statler
Courses Plus Student 12,745 PointsSamuel's response worked perfectly. Don't forget proper indentation, they won't let your code pass without it!