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

Siddharth Chavan
Siddharth Chavan
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Where would I put the float function in?

Please respond ASAP

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

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

You could turn them into floats and store that in two other variables like this:

def add(num1, num2):
    float1 = float(num1)
    float2 = float(num2)
    return(float1 + float2)

Or you could do it all inline like this:

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

The first way is a bit more clean and easier to read and figure out what’s going on. The second way is more compact. There’s advantages to both.