The Safe Caster

A easy Python interview practice problem on DataDriven. Write and execute real python code with instant grading.

Domain

Python

Difficulty

easy

Seniority

L3

Problem

Given a value and a type_str in ('int', 'float', 'bool'), return the value cast to that type. If the cast raises any exception, return None instead.

Summary

Type conversion is easy, until it is not.

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