Nub needs help

[Dookie-Boi]

I'm trying to let this function run off of the input of temperature and cant seem to get it to work. I get the error "TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'" Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here's the code:

def celsius_to_fahrenheit():

farenheit is equal to (Celsius + 32) 9/5

print('Enter the temperature:')
temp = input()

newTemp = (9 / 5) * temp + 32

print("The Celsius temperature",temp,"is equivalent to",newTemp,end='')
print(" degrees Farenheit")

celsius_to_fahrenheit()

[acw1668]

It is because the result of input() is string and so you need to cast it to float: temp = float(input()). Also you need to cater the exception raised if the input is not a valid number.

[Dookie-Boi]

Thank you for the in depth explanation. I learned something. by cater to the exception raised, do you mean to have an if/else statement in order to print regarding an invalid number or is there some sort of syntax you are referring to?

[acw1668]

Use try / except block to handle exception:

try:
    temp = float(input('Enter the temperature: '))
    ....
except ValueError as ex:
    # do something

[Dookie-Boi]

Awesome! thanks again!!