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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Shaun O'Donovan
Shaun O'Donovan
508 Points

Printing messages based on the length of a string

I'm being told this code isn't correct to complete this code challenge. However, I ran this code in pycharm and it worked just fine.

There have been a few times now where I was "stuck" on these code challenges over a minor detail. This time I have no idea why it's saying my code isn't correct and now I can't move on with the lesson...

There really need to be a "Check answer" or "Skip challenge" option.

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

1 Answer

Nick Osborne
Nick Osborne
4,612 Points
Nick Osborne
Nick Osborne
4,612 Points

Hi Shaun Yeah, deserves a pass! Simply should be return instead of print...

def just_right(string):
    if len(string) < 5:
        return "Your string is too short"
    elif len(string) > 5:
        return "Your string is too long"
    else:
        return True
Shaun O'Donovan
Shaun O'Donovan
508 Points

Oh wow... really? If the challenge had the word 'return' written within a code block then it would have been more obvious that I had to 'return' the string instead of printing it which made more sense at the time...

Regardless, thank you.