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Arun Patel
1,180 PointsAdded additional code to enhance the task. Why is the task failing?
I have additional logic to enhance the task, take user input and then slice the string to get the first 4 letters. Is the logic not correct? Can't this be validated by Workspaces?
def main():
userinput = str(input("Enter a word >" ))
list2 = first_4(userinput)
print(list2)
def first_4(str1):
str2 = list(str1)
if len(str2) >= 4:
list1 = str2[:4]
else:
print("Please enter a word with minimum 4 letters")
userinput1 = input("Enter Yes to continue or No to Exit >")
if userinput1.lower() == "yes":
main()
else:
print("Thanks")
return
return list1
main()
2 Answers
Chris Howell
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 49,702 PointsHi Arun Patel
When attempting to complete challenges, it is best to only write the code necessary to pass. There are predefined test cases that will be using your code to make sure it is meeting the requirements of the challenge. The challenge wont let you override the behavior of how the test is going to perform its checks against your code. if you try to force run your own code it will just give you an error because you are trying to do more than it asked and are giving it unexpected results.
Arun Patel
1,180 PointsThanks Chris. Will keep this in mind for future tasks.