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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Philip Robertson
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Philip Robertson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,170 Points
Posted by Philip Robertson
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Philip Robertson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,170 Points

Suggestinatory.py

This is my code for the challenge:

def suggest(product_idea): if product_idea < 3: raise ValueError("Product ideas must be more than 3 characters") return product_idea + "inator"

My error is in line 2. How do I specify characters?

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    if product_idea < 3:
         raise ValueError("Product ideas must be more than 3 characters")
    return product_idea + "inator"

1 Answer

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Philip,

Your on the right track. For this to work, you will need to check the length of the string being passed in. Remember, in python, strings have a length method len(). This is what you will use to check to see if it is less than 3. In the if conditional just use this method on the variable product_idea and you're all good.

Nice work so far! :) :dizzy: