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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

siva sanka
siva sanka
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Posted by siva sanka
siva sanka
4,099 Points

Help me regarding this

Create a new function named just_right that takes a single argument, a string.

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.

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

1 Answer

behar
behar
10,799 Points
behar
behar
10,799 Points

Hey siva! Your close, but you shouldent be using print for this challenge, you should be using return! Also you dont actually need those int arguments infront of len(single) because the len() function returns an integer by default.

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

Hope this helps!