I need a hint

Question

I've tried a bunch of scripts for this" challenge "String length". but can't get it. 
create a new function named just_right that takes a single argument, a string. what does it mean a string as single argument? ex: (' '), str(), ('anyword'), (anyword) could I get a hint.
```strlen.py
def just_right(str()):
  if len(str('boat')) < 5:
    print("Your string is too short")
  elif len(str('boat')) > 5:
    print("Your string is too long")
  else:
    return True
```

Clayton Perszyk · Answer

Hey Kervin,
When you define a function, you can provide one or more parameters (you can think of a parameter as a variable that you want available to the code inside your function; then, when you call the function you can pass value(s) that are then assigned to the parameter(s). There are several types of values you can pass (e.g. Numbers, Strings). A string is anything between a set of quotation marks (i.e. ""). In this case you want to provide one parameter to your function, which will be assigned a string value. You can name the parameter whatever you want, but it should be sensical (str is a fine choice).
Here is a quick example:
```python
def myFunction(parameter):
    return parameter
myFunction(123)  # returns 123
myFunction("boats") # returns 'boats'
myFunction(True) # returns True
```
In the above case, whatever I pass to myFunction, will simply be returned.
I could also rename parameter to whatever makes sense within the context of
myFunction.
Hope this helps; if not I can try to elaborate or be more clear.
Best,
Clayton
P.S.
Here are some links  to references that may be helpful.
http://zetcode.com/lang/python/datatypes/
http://sthurlow.com/python/lesson05/

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