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Python

Posted by Devansh Lodha
Devansh Lodha
365 Points

Number Game Takeaways Code Challenge

So This about how to solve the squared code challenge....

Here's The Question --> This challenge is similar to an earlier one. Remember, though, I want you to practice! You'll probably want to use try and except on this one. You might have to not use the else block, though. Write a function named squared that takes a single argument. If the argument can be converted into an integer, convert it and return the square of the number (num ** 2 or num * num). If the argument cannot be turned into an integer (maybe it's a string of non-numbers?), return the argument multiplied by its length. Look in the file for examples.

I'm just not getting how to use the try and except commands...

Can anyone please answer me the question

1 Answer

Alex Staenke
Alex Staenke
7,324 Points
Alex Staenke
Alex Staenke
7,324 Points

Look again at the video. The idea behind try / except is somewhat similar to an if / else approach.

Let the computer try to do something and if it doesn't work then do what is in the except block.

try:

convert the thing that was passed to the function to a number.

except:

here is what should happen if the thing cannot be converted to a number