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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raising Exceptions

Alvaro Arroyo
Alvaro Arroyo
737 Points
Posted by Alvaro Arroyo
Alvaro Arroyo
737 Points

Whats wrong with my code?

this is the code in question:

import math

def split_check(total,number_of_people):
    if number_of_people <=1:
        raise ValueError("Thats not a valid value")
    return math.ceil
try:
    total_due = float(input("What is the total?"))
    number_of_people =int(input("How many people?"))
except ValueError as err:
    print("Something went wrong!")
    print("({})").format(err)
else:
    amount_due = split_check(total_due,number_of_people)
    print("you owe", amount_due, "euros")

1 Answer

Simon Sørensen
Simon Sørensen
17,304 Points
Simon Sørensen
Simon Sørensen
17,304 Points

Your problem is that in your function split_check, you're simply returning the math.ceil function without giving it a value to work out. If you change your line to divide the total by the amount of people, it works just fine;

return math.ceil(total / number_of_people)