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

SOS!

Plz find out my mistake and plz tell me what's going wrong there....

trial.py
def add(num1 , num2):
    try:
    return sum
except VAlueError:
    return None
else:
    return sum
    sum = float(num1) + float(num2)
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

Ashmit Pathak, please put a bit more time in creating more meaningful question titles. You now have several "SOS" posts.

1 Answer

First of all, your indentation is off. Python is picky about indentation.

Second, the variable sum was never defined. You need to define it.

I hope this helps! :grin:

Happy coding! :zap: ~Alex