[Tutor] Value Error

[Steve Willoughby]

int('blah') is not a type error because the int() function is expecting to be given a string, and it was given a string. The 'blah' is of the correct type.
The problem is that int() couldn't do anything useful with the value of that string.

Steve

On 12-Jun-2013, at 14:41, Jim Mooney <cybervigilante at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave Angel <davea at davea.name>
> 
>    import math
> print math.sqrt(-1)
> 
> Ah, that's what I was looking for. I already saw it trip on type mismatches like int('blah'). I was looking for what would be an actual inappropriate value that was still the right type.  Although I'm not sure why int('blah') wouldn't be a type error rather than a value error.
> 
> Jim 
> 
> 
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