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

Posted by priyanka shukla
priyanka shukla
3,051 Points

"`add` returned the wrong results.": why does my code show this error?

please help me get through this error?

trial.py 
def add(salary , travel_money):
    float(salary + travel_money)
    return(salary + travel_money)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

That means the challenge tried running your function on some test arguments and what it returned was not the correct value. Here's some hints to help it work:

  • for float to be effective, it must be applied directly to one term
  • perform math after conversions
  • be sure to save the results of the math in a variable to avoid doing it over
  • return the stored result (or return the calculation instead of storing)