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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Lanai Lewis
Lanai Lewis
10,400 Points

Python basics just_right challenge syntax error

I retrieved this from someone else's previous question about it, but it's still not passing. Does anyone really get to learn this language from these videos? So far, I've had to look up every single one because I can't do it myself.

strlen.py 
def just_right(word):
    try:
        str(word)

        if len(word) > 5:
            return("Your string is too short.")
        elif len(word) > 5:
            return("Your string length is too long.")
        else:
            return(True)

2 Answers

Fernando Zhu
Fernando Zhu
22,304 Points
Fernando Zhu
Fernando Zhu
22,304 Points

Hello there, you are missing the "except" closure. The code blow simply captures all exceptions occurred. 

def just_right(word):
    try:
        str(word)

        if len(word) > 5:
            return("Your string is too short.")
        elif len(word) > 5:
            return("Your string length is too long.")
        else:
            return(True)
    except:
      print("Cannot convert word to String")
Scott Kvitberg
Scott Kvitberg
2,488 Points
Scott Kvitberg
Scott Kvitberg
2,488 Points

Don't give up! You forgot to copy the text, the first if condition is wrong and you forgot that print in the "except" gives indentationError. Try this: 

def just_right(word):
    try:
        str(word)

        if len(word) < 5:
            return("Your string is too short.")
        elif len(word) > 5:
            return("Your string is too long.")
        else:
            return(True)
    except:
        print("Cannot convert word to String")