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Python Python Basics (Retired) Things That Count Exceptions

Elijah Eck
Elijah Eck
1,080 Points
Posted by Elijah Eck
Elijah Eck
1,080 Points

It says that there is a problem with my else when I type in python letter_percent.py. What am I doing wrong?

It says that there is a problem with my else. Do you guys know what I am doing wrong? Her is my code: 

user_string = input("Whats your word? ")
user_num = input("Whats your number? ")

try:
  our_num = int(user_num)
except:
  our_num = float(user_num)

if not '.' in user_num:
  print(user_string[our_num])
else:
  ratio = round(len(user_string)*our_num)
  print(user_string[ratio])
Elijah Eck
Elijah Eck
1,080 Points
Elijah Eck
Elijah Eck
1,080 Points

It jumbled the spacing somewhat when I pasted it.

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Elijah Eck, I edited your post to include formatting and syntax highlighting. Check out this post for info on how to do it.

Elijah Eck
Elijah Eck
1,080 Points
Elijah Eck
Elijah Eck
1,080 Points

Alright I played around with it a bit and its works now, my spacing might of been off. Thanks guys!

1 Answer

shezazr
shezazr
8,275 Points

i just ran this and i don't get any errors..