[Tutor] Dividing a float derived from a string

[Alan Gauld]

On 21/11/14 13:19, Stephanie Morrow wrote:
>
> try:
>     print float(input) * 12
> except: TypeError, ValueError:
>     print False
>
> The "try" is coming up as red.  Any idea why?

Sorry, I left the colon in after the else.
I think that's what's confusing it...
It should read:

except TypeError, ValueError:

Apologies,
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