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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by jiyoung oh
jiyoung oh
6,324 Points

Bummer! Try again.. Am I misinterpreting the instruction?

Got an error... Am I misinterpreting the instruction? Or this problem is caused to use 2 spaces indentation rather then 4 spaces? I don't have any clue why I got this error.

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

1 Answer

crosscheckking
crosscheckking
20,110 Points

You will need to use 'return' instead of 'print' for the two if statements. It just wants you to return the string instead of printing it to the console. This should work:

def just_right(take):
    if len(take) < 5:
        return "Your string is too short"
    elif len(take) > 5:
        return "Your string is too long"
    else:
        return True
jiyoung oh
jiyoung oh
6,324 Points

Thanks for the reply! Now pass the challenge finally! By the way, I think the code posted below miss two operations and a number.

crosscheckking
crosscheckking
20,110 Points

For some reason it isn't showing the operators or number when I specify python using ~~~ to post my code. I just indented it instead to recognize the code so they are appearing now. If you feel like this satisfies your question, I would love for the upvote (up arrow next to answer) or best answer recognition. Happy coding!