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Python

Posted by Jerle Norton
Jerle Norton
905 Points

I'm having trouble with the squared coding exercise in Python basics. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I can't seem to get it to work properly.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,658 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,658 Points

... and a link to the challenge itself.

Jerle Norton
Jerle Norton
905 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics/number-game-app/squared This is the link to the code challenge and this is what I have so far.

def squared(arg):
    try:
        return arg * arg
    except TypeError:
        if type(arg) == str:
            return int(arg)
            return len(arg) * arg
Jerle Norton
Jerle Norton
905 Points

Thanks for the help, Courtney. I was kind of stuck there.

1 Answer

Courtney Jensen
Courtney Jensen
1,882 Points

I think your error type is wrong. I had to play around with this for a long time, mine might be a complicated way of answering it but it worked! Mine looked like this:

def squared(num):
    try:
        return(int(num) ** 2)
    except ValueError:
        return(num * len(num))