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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Mohamed Mohamoud
Mohamed Mohamoud
1,015 Points

is this code not right?

i put this code into the workspace and it works, but when i use it in the website it don't work. what im i doing wrong?

strlen.py 
def just_right(x):
    while len (x) < 5:
        print("your string is too short")
    if len (x) > 5:
        print("your string is too long")
    else:
        return True
just_right("games")

1 Answer

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points
Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points

Hi,

You got an error because you print() the messages instead of return.

def just_right(x):
    while len(x) < 5: # pay attention for the space between the function and the parenthesis
        return "your string is too short"
    if len(x) > 5: # pay attention for the space between the function and the parenthesis
        return "your string is too long"
    else:
        return True
just_right("games") # you don't need to call the function
Mohamed Mohamoud
Mohamed Mohamoud
1,015 Points

yh it works, thanks.

the reason i printed instead of returning is because there was another activity like this and it wasn't allowing to return, but it worked when i used print.

i must have misread it.

thanks!!!!!