I have return code right and working in my machine.

def squared(num):
try:

Question

Please review and let me know.
Treehouse console returning as error
```squared.py
EXAMPLES
squared(5) would return 25
squared("2") would return 4
squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(num):
    try:
        num= int(num)
    except ValueError:
        return num * 2 
    else:
        return num * num
```

Jennifer Nordell · Accepted Answer

Hi there @Suren Visvaratnam (https://teamtreehouse.com/surenvisvaratnam)!  You're super close here. The problem is in the line that happens when it generates a ValueError. A ValueError will happen if we send in a string like "hi"  that cannot be converted to an int. In that case, we want to multiply the string by the length of the string. So if we had a 4 letter word like "tree", it should print "tree" four times:  treetreetreetree.  Yours is always printing it exactly twice regardless of the length of the string.
So if I change this:
```py
return num * 2 
```
To this:
```py
return num * len(num)
```
... your code passes!  Hope this helps! :sparkles:

surenanand · Answer

I am getting syntax error

Hirenkumar Patel · Answer

Here is answer
def squared(num):
    try:
        mynum = int(num)int(num)
        return mynum
    except ValueError:
        print(numlen(num))
check
print(squared("tim"))

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I have return code right and working in my machine. def squared(num): try:

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