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Python Django Basics Model Administration First app view

Ryan Gostic
Ryan Gostic
20,790 Points
Posted by Ryan Gostic
Ryan Gostic
20,790 Points

Not sure what my output is here

Please check the question and my answer. Not sure what I am doing wrong.

articles/views.py 
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import Article
# Write your views here
def article_list(request):
    articles = Article.objects.all()

    return HttpResponse("There are " + len(articles) + " articles.")

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are very close. The len() returns an int which cannot be concatenated directly to a string. Convert the len() to a string:

str(len(articles))