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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Oscar Chong
PLUS
Oscar Chong
Courses Plus Student 292 Points
Posted by Oscar Chong
Oscar Chong
Courses Plus Student 292 Points

pls help

My question is :

"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."

Can you pls tell me what is wrong with my code and how can i correct it? Thanksss

strlen.py 
def just_right():
    if len(just_right()) < 5:
        print('Your string is too short')
    elif:
        print('Your string is too long')
    else:
        return True
karthikeyan s
karthikeyan s
105 Points

You are passing the function itself as an argument to length,So it will throw error as recursion depth as exceeded.They asked you return the statement and also you didn't mention the condition in " else if " , that is when should it print the string 'Your string is too long'

1 Answer

karthikeyan s
karthikeyan s
105 Points

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

just_right("data")