From 3c1081f4d016a72faebbd66d1961478e3a3fc677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Feliciu Svabu <svabuf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:27:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] finish extra lab

---
 lab-python-error-handling.ipynb | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lab-python-error-handling.ipynb b/lab-python-error-handling.ipynb
index 3e50ef8..0befa3e 100644
--- a/lab-python-error-handling.ipynb
+++ b/lab-python-error-handling.ipynb
@@ -42,17 +42,40 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "id": "cc2c441d-9dcf-4817-b097-cf6cbe440846",
+   "id": "d9b39448",
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "5\n",
+      "a\n",
+      "Warning: Mixed types (int vs str)\n",
+      "20\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
-    "# your code goes here"
+    "def smaller(a, b):\n",
+    "    try:\n",
+    "        # 1. Try to return the actual smaller value\n",
+    "        return a if a < b else b\n",
+    "    except TypeError:\n",
+    "        # 2. If it fails, convert both to strings and compare alphabetically\n",
+    "        print(f\"Warning: Mixed types ({type(a).__name__} vs {type(b).__name__})\")\n",
+    "        return str(a) if str(a) < str(b) else str(b)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print(smaller(10, 5))  # Normal math: Returns 10\n",
+    "print(smaller(\"z\", \"a\"))  # Normal string: Returns \"z\"\n",
+    "print(smaller(5, \"20\"))  # Mixed types: Returns '5' (because \"5\" > \"2\" alphabetically!)"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+   "display_name": "base",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -66,7 +89,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.9.13"
+   "version": "3.13.9"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,