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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Squared

gurinder singh
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gurinder singh
Courses Plus Student 1,422 Points
Posted by gurinder singh
gurinder singh
Courses Plus Student 1,422 Points

why it's not showing the result?

result??

squared.py 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared (num):
    try:
        return int(num) ** int(num)
    except ValueError:
        return num * len(num)
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,885 Points 
# EXAMPLES
# squared(5) would return 25
# squared("2") would return 4
# squared("tim") would return "timtimtim"
def squared (num):
    try:
        return int(num) ** int(num) # is this double asterisk by intention or mistake
    except ValueError:
        return num * len(num)

1 Answer

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

As Antonio pointed out, your math formula isn't quite right. You seem to have mixed the two different ways of squaring a number.

You could either multiply (one *) it by itself, or use the exponent operator (two **'s) with a second value of 2.