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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Merrel Padernilla
Merrel Padernilla
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Posted by Merrel Padernilla
Merrel Padernilla
5,687 Points

Code Challenge: String length

Please help me identify what is wrong with my code. Thanks.

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

3 Answers

William Li
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William Li
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William Li
William Li
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Hi Merrel:

You're very closed to the right solution, However

If the length of the string is less than five characters, return "Your string is too short". If the string is longer than five characters, return "Your string is too long". Otherwise, just return True.

This challenge specifically asks you to use return statement at every turn, thus, the change you need to make to the current code is replacing all the print statements with return statements.

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

Like such, and your code is good to go. Hope it helps

Merrel Padernilla
Merrel Padernilla
5,687 Points
Merrel Padernilla
Merrel Padernilla
5,687 Points

Thanks William, I passed the code challenge. However, I am still confused. I tried to run the code through the terminal. Here is my code:

def just_right(string): if str(string) < 5: return "Your string is too short" elif str(string)> 5: return "Your string is too long" else: return True string="abcdefg" x = just_right(string) print (x)

When I run Python, this is what I get:

Merrels-MacBook-Pro:code merrelp$ python3 test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "test.py", line 16, in <module> x = just_right(string) File "test.py", line 5, in just_right if str(string) < 5: TypeError: unorderable types: str() < int()

Can you help me identify what is wrong with the code?

Thank you,

Merrel

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Hi Merrel. The problem is that you're using str(string) instead of len(string) in your version of code.

def just_right(string):
     if len(string) < 5:      # changed str() to len()
        return "Your string is too short"
     elif len(string)> 5:     # changed str() to len()
        return "Your string is too long"
     else:
        return True
string="abcdefg"
x = just_right(string)
print (x)
Merrel Padernilla
Merrel Padernilla
5,687 Points
Merrel Padernilla
Merrel Padernilla
5,687 Points

Thanks William, that worked.

I can now go back to my Python track.