Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Data Manipulation - Section 2.6 - Programming Data Manipulation - Questions & Exercises - Page 128: 6

Answer

Unexpected inputs in simple scripts such as these will generally cause errors or unexpected behavior. More complex scripts would check the input for suitability before trying to convert it to an integer, or would include conditionals to check for negative side lengths, etc.

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Unexpected inputs in simple scripts such as these will generally cause errors or unexpected behavior. More complex scripts would check the input for suitability before trying to convert it to an integer, or would include conditionals to check for negative side lengths, etc.
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