Welcome to the Treehouse Community

The Treehouse Community is a meeting place for developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels to get support. Collaborate here on code errors or bugs that you need feedback on, or asking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project. Join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today. (Note: Only Treehouse students can comment or ask questions, but non-students are welcome to browse our conversations.)

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and a supportive community. Start your free trial today.

Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Try and Except

Posted by Lukas Askolin
Lukas Askolin
2,641 Points

Try and Except Task 2 of 3

I know what a float is, just can't figure it out

trial.py 
def add(num1, num2):
    return float(num1 + num2)

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,623 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,623 Points

Hey Lukas,

You're close, but each variable needs to be converted separately. There are a couple of ways of doing this. You could make a new variable and assign it the converted original variable, but the best way (The DRY way) would be to do it all in the return statement.

def add(num1, num2):
  return float(num1) + float(num2)

Hope that helps. Keep coding! :dizzy:

Lukas Askolin
Lukas Askolin
2,641 Points

Thankyou :)