"Typeerror: unsupported operand type(s) for ** or pow(): 'nonetype' and 'int'"

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Why am I getting the error message "TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for ** or pow(): 'NoneType' and 'int'", when I run the following code?

Python

import math
def distance (x1,y1,x2,y2):
    horizontal=x2-x1
    vertical=y2-y1
    horizontal_squared=horizontal**2
    vertical_squared=vertical**2
    distance=math.sqrt(horizontal_squared+vertical_squared)
    print(distance)

def area(radius):
    math.pi*radius**2

def area_circle(xc,yc,xp,yp):
    r=distance(xc,yc,xp,yp)
    result=area(r)
    print (result)

area_circle(1,2,3,6)

What I have tried:

I am trying to calculate the area of a circle. I created a function for distance and for area and then I called both of them within another function, area_circle. But, I think there that the distance function has type None. There is something wrong with the r variable which I have assigned to the function distance or there is something wrong with the distance function itself.

Posted 7-Oct-23 20:47pm

Baziga

Updated 7-Oct-23 20:55pm

OriginalGriff

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2023-10-07T21:02:00

Neither of your distance or area functions return a value:, but the code calling the functions expects them to.

See here: Python Function Return Value[^] and try this:

Python

import math
def distance (x1,y1,x2,y2):
    horizontal=x2-x1
    vertical=y2-y1
    horizontal_squared=horizontal**2
    vertical_squared=vertical**2
    distance=math.sqrt(horizontal_squared+vertical_squared)
    return(distance)

def area(radius):
    return math.pi*radius**2

def area_circle(xc,yc,xp,yp):
    r=distance(xc,yc,xp,yp)
    result=area(r)
    return(result)

print(area_circle(1,2,3,6))

Be aware though that you will get "odd" results: your area does not have to be square so your circle may be more of an ellipse or will exceed the boundaries of your given area.