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

Posted by Kim Monteiro
Kim Monteiro
464 Points

Don't know what I should put in the else block...

Don't know what I should put in the else block...

trial.py 
def add(num1, num2):
try:    
    return float(num1) + float(num2)
except ValueError:
    return None
else:


add(2, 4)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

You don't need an "else" since you return from the "try" and also from the "except".

But you have some other issues:

  • anything that is part of a function must be indented more than the function "def" line
  • you only need to define the function, you won't need to call it
Kim Monteiro
Kim Monteiro
464 Points
Kim Monteiro
Kim Monteiro
464 Points

Thank you so much!