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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

tomgriffiths
tomgriffiths
1,012 Points
Posted by tomgriffiths
tomgriffiths
1,012 Points

bummer! error

Can someone help me with this? Can't work out where I'm going wrong.

strlen.py 
def just_right(word):
  if len(word) < 5:
    return print("Your string is too short")
  elif len(word) > 5:
    return print("Your string is too long")
  else:
    return True

1 Answer

tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points

You dont need to print anything. The code should just return a value in this case a string

def just_right(word):
  if (len(word) < 5):
    return "Your string is too short"
  elif (len(word) > 5):
    return "Your string is too long"
  else:
    return True