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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raising Exceptions

Ines Fazlić
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Ines Fazlić
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 9,569 Points

Error explanation in parenthesis

When I run the full code from this video and input 1 or less as the number of people, it runs as it should, but when I input a word as total due,like we did in the last video, I get this:

python check_please.py
What is the total? twenty
Oh no! That is not a valid value. Try again...
(could not convert string to float: 'twenty')

So, why am I getting the last line and how to get rid of it?

1 Answer

Craig Dennis
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Craig Dennis
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Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Ines!

That is happening for any ValueError because we are printing the exception. The coercion of the word '"twenty"` is a ValueError.

My output would look the same, I just didn't run it again.

Does that answer your question?