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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Joaquim Moraes
Joaquim Moraes
2,312 Points

Issues with string length exercise

I am having a hard time figuring out what is wrong with my code. Any help is appreciated. The only message that treehouse provides is "Bummer! Try again!". Running it on an IDE and passing a string produces the expected results without any errors. Could someone help please?

strlen.py 
def just_right(s1):
    if len(s1) < 5:
        print("Your string is too short")
    elif len(s1) > 5:
        print("Your string is too long")
    else:
        return True

2 Answers

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points

You are almost right, but the code challenge is asking for you to return those strings if those if conditions are true instead of printing it. You could do it like this:

def just_right(s1):
    if len(s1) < 5:
        return "Your string is too short"
    elif len(s1) > 5:
        return "Your string is too long"
    else:
        return True

I hope that helps a little bit

Joaquim Moraes
Joaquim Moraes
2,312 Points
Joaquim Moraes
Joaquim Moraes
2,312 Points

Thank you Carlos! Your help is much appreciated!!!