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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points
Posted by Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points

Question is broken

This question is broken. I tried the code out in a workspace, works on all cases (examples: "5", "max"). But I get an error in the challenge.

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared(num):
    try:
        val = int(num)
        print(val * val)
    except:
        length = len(num)
        print(num * length)
    else:
        print("Not an Int or String")

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The challenge asks you to return a number / string, not print it. Returning and printing a value might look somewhat similar in the REPL for this type of code but they actually do very different things.

If you replace the print statements with return statements like this:

def squared(num):
    try:
        val = int(num)
        return val * val
    except:
        length = len(num)
        return num * length
    else:
        return "Not an Int or String"

Then your code will work.

AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points
AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points

You need to be returning the values, not printing them!