> leg1 = raw_input('Enter the first leg of the triangle:
> ')
> leg2 = raw_input('Enter the second leg of the
> triangle: ')
Hi Hoffmann,
leg1 and leg2 here are strings, because raw_input() is guaranteed to
return strings.
You'll want to do something to turn those strings into numbers, since the
hypotenuse() function:
> result = hypotenuse(leg1, leg2)
is going to break on non-numeric input.
I think you'll find the float() function useful: it's a function that can
take strings and return floating-point numbers. For example:
######
>>> float("3.1415926")
3.1415926000000001
>>> float("7")
7.0
######
Good luck to you!
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