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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Alex Salas
Alex Salas
3,429 Points

return True

What is wrong with my code? I have spent so much time on this.. cant figure it out.

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

2 Answers

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Alex,

You have nearly got this correct. You just need to use return for the strings instead of print in the if and elif blocks of code. Here is the code I used to pass this challenge:

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

Hope this helps! Happy Coding!!!

Alex Salas
Alex Salas
3,429 Points

I didnt realize that you could return a string without the print() function. Thank you Christopher!