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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

William Sanford
William Sanford
2,170 Points
Posted by William Sanford
William Sanford
2,170 Points

String length challenge, what's wrong with my code?

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.

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

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey William,

you almost got it right but you have to return your strings and not print them out. Like so:

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

I hope that helps, good luck! :)

darrian thomas
darrian thomas
8,481 Points

aha beat me to it. dont forget to mark best answer, william

William Sanford
William Sanford
2,170 Points
William Sanford
William Sanford
2,170 Points

ah ha, I see now. Thanks for the help.