help with a function

[Paul McGuire]

"Lance Hoffmeyer" <lance at augustmail.com> wrote in message
news:446a85c6$0$61170$ae4e5890 at news.nationwide.net...
> Hey all,
>
> I'm new to python.  I keep getting an error when running this.
> I'm sure there is an easy fix but I can't figure it out.
> What am I doing wrong?  How do I fix it?
>
> def even_odd_round(num):
>   if(round(num,2) + .5 == int(round(num,2)) + 1):
>        if(int(num,0) % 2): #an odd number
>        rounded_num = round(num,2) + .1
>        else:                              #an even number
>          rounded_num = round(num,2) - .1
>     rounded_num = int(rounded_num)
>     return rounded_num
>
> even_odd_round(5.5)
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
>   File "<interactive input>", line 3, in even_odd_round
> TypeError: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base
> >>>

 1 def even_odd_round(num):
 2   if(round(num,2) + .5 == int(round(num,2)) + 1):
 3        if(int(num,0) % 2): #an odd number
 4        rounded_num = round(num,2) + .1
 5        else:                              #an even number
 6          rounded_num = round(num,2) - .1
 7     rounded_num = int(rounded_num)
 8     return rounded_num
 9
10 even_odd_round(5.5)

> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
>   File "<interactive input>", line 3, in even_odd_round
> TypeError: int() can't convert non-string with explicit base

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