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1,354 PointsRaising Exceptions Exercise
I do not understand why I am getting errors on this code. What have I missed? I have raised the exception. Thanks!
def suggest(product_idea):
product_idea = input("Enter your idea: ")
if len(product_idea) < 3:
raise ValueError("Sorry, try again with more characters")
return product_idea + "inator"
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsThe "product_idea" is provided as the passed-in argument, you don't want to re-assign it and you won't need to "input" anything.
tashzol
1,354 Pointstashzol
1,354 PointsThank you, I had troubles understanding what was exactly asked to make the code work. I guess the most simple solutions are sometimes the best ones.