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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

whats wrong now????

suggestinator.py
def suggest(product_idea):
    return product_idea + "inator"
if suggest >= 3:
    raise ValueError("The product idea is too short!!")
else:
    print("confirmed!")

3 Answers

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points

You got in there and tried it-- we can build on that. You'll need to change your logic by moving the check of the product_idea length like this

len(product_idea)

And this has to happen BEFORE you return the suggestion. Finally, you'll have to change the indent level to match your block logic. Something like this:

def suggest(product_idea):

    # corrected as per Steven Nicholl
    #if  len(product_idea) >= 3:

    if len(product_key) <= 3:
        raise ValueError("The product idea is too short!!")

    return product_idea + "inator"

Good luck with your Python journey!

It looks like the less than or equals sign is actually flipped, should be <=3

Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points

I corrected the error, sorry for making it!

No worries, errors are part of the journey! And thanks for the original response, it helped make sense of the problem.