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or porat
684 PointsString problem
Hey! It's ask me to wring a single argument in the function, one string. and so i did. but i get SyntaxError. what is wrong with my cod?
thanx!
def just_right("icecream"):
if len("icecream") < 5:
print("Your string is too short")
elif:
len("icecream") > 5
print("Your string is too long")
else:
return True
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! The thing inside the parentheses is what we call a parameter. And it's going to accept a string coming in from another piece of code. In this case, it's Treehouse that's sending in the string. And we have no idea what that string is. So it needs to accept any string we send it. Otherwise, this code bit would only ever work for the string "icecream". Imagine having to copy that code for every imaginable word!
So the parameter is essentially the declaration of a variable that will be used inside that function. When the function ends the variable will no longer be accessible.
So, I'm going to give you the first line, and we'll see if you can get the rest yourself!
def just_right(my_string):
Note that there are no quotation marks around my_string. Remember, this is a variable.
Good luck, but let me know if you're still stuck!
or porat
684 Pointsthanx jennifer it works! you are the best!!
or porat
684 Pointsor porat
684 Pointshey Jennifer and thanx once agine! im still stuck tho, i understood my mistake but now it said that theres a problem with the "elif"
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi, you are correct! There's a couple more problems here, but that was the biggest one (in my opinion). Your
elifis not coded properly. It should look exactly like anifstatement. This means that you should haveelif a > b:for example. But your condition comes on the next line.Also, the challenge does not ask you to print those strings. It asks you to return them. So everywhere you see
print, you should replace it withreturn.Give it one more shot!