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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Ping Li
Ping Li
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Posted by Ping Li
Ping Li
2,689 Points

How do you do 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(string):
    string = str(string)
    if len(string) > 5:
        return("Your string is too short")
    elif len(string) < 5:
        return("Your string is too long")
    else:
        return True

1 Answer

Jose Aguirre
Jose Aguirre
14,866 Points
Jose Aguirre
Jose Aguirre
14,866 Points

You have your < and > signs switch around. On line 2 it should be < (less than) on line 4 it should be > (greater than), let me know if that helped.

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi Jose! I've changed your comment to an answer to allow for voting and to mark the question as answered on the forums. Thanks for your help in the Community! :sparkles: