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Python

Zean-Xuen Thong
Zean-Xuen Thong
2,246 Points
Posted by Zean-Xuen Thong
Zean-Xuen Thong
2,246 Points

Help on ValueError as err: 

import math 

def split_check(total,number_of_people):
    if number_of_people <= 1:
       raise ValueError("More than one people is need to split the the check")
    cost_per_person = math.ceil(total / number_of_people)
    return cost_per_person

try:
    total_due = float(input("What is the total?   "))
    number_of_people = int(input("How many people?    "))
    amount_due = split_check(total_due, number_of_people)
except ValueError as err:
  print("Oh no! That's not a vaild value! Try again....")
  print("({})".format(err))
else:    

     print("EACH PERSON OWES ${}".format(amount_due))

Its supposed to do this: What is the total? 1
How many people? 1
Oh no! That's not a vaild value! Try again.... "More than one people is need to split the the check" Not: What is the total? 1
How many people? 1
Oh no! That's not a vaild value! Try again....

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
244,138 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
244,138 Points

Code, particulary Python, is difficult to interpret unless properly formatted. Take a look at these videos about Posting a Question, using Markdown formatting to preserve the code's appearance, and particularly this one about sharing a snapshot of your workspace.

Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Teacher
Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Zean-Xuen Thong 👋

I edited your post to use markdown as Steven mentioned in his comment here. I would definitely check out the links he provided for future posts in the forum here. It is really important with Python as he mentioned.

I'm not actually seeing anything wrong here though. Can you please provide a link to this challenge so I can test things on my end? It may be asking for something specific that is missing or different here as these code challenges are very picky in what it wants.