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James Jin
370 PointsHow to convert arguments into floats
Please help me or let me know where to find relevant videos
def add(num1,num2):
plus = float(num1+num2)
return (plus)
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 PointsYou are close to the correct approach. There is an error in the return indentation. The return should align with the statement above it. Also, it's better to individually convert each argument to a float. Otherwise, if the two arguments were strings, it would concatenate the two strings into one before trying the float conversion.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!