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

Posted by Conner Williams
Conner Williams
Courses Plus Student 3,305 Points

how to use float()

I have forgotten how to use this function and cannot find the lesson on it.

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

1 Answer

Jari Koopman
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Jari Koopman
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 29,349 Points
Jari Koopman
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Jari Koopman
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 29,349 Points

Hi Conner,

First off, the docs are always a good place to look for answers (section on floats can be found here) But to answer your question, you have to convert both values to floats, before adding them together. So instead of doing float(num1 + num2) you'd do float(num1) + float(num2)

Hope this helped,

Regards, Jari