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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Posted by Sebastian Llaneza
Sebastian Llaneza
275 Points

what am i doing wrong ?

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    if product_idea <= 3:
        raise ValueError("Product idea is too short!")
    return product_idea + "inator"

1 Answer

Heidi Fryzell
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Heidi Fryzell
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 25,178 Points
Heidi Fryzell
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Heidi Fryzell
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 25,178 Points

Hello Sebastian,

You are very close. You need to use the len() method in your if statement to get the length of the product_idea string.

The built-in len() method takes a string as a parameter and returns an integer as the length of that string

def suggest(product_idea):
    if len(product_idea) <= 3:
        raise ValueError("Product idea is too short!")
    return product_idea + "inator"

Hope this is helpful and Happy Coding!

Thanks, Heidi