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huyen nguyen
850 Pointswhat's wrong with my code?
please help me with the code: def just_right(a): if len(a)<5: print ("your string is too short") return elif len(a)>5: print("Your string is too long") return else: return True
def just_right(a):
if len(a)<5:
print ("your string is too short")
return
elif len(a)>5:
print("Your string is too long")
return
else:
return True
3 Answers
Junjie Huang
4,704 PointsIf 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".
andren
28,558 PointsThe return keyword goes before the value you want to return, it does not go on a line by itself with nothing following it. So to return the string "your string is too short" for example you would write:
return "your string is too short"
Since this task does not require you to print anything you can solved this task by simply removing your print statements and moving the strings down to the same line as the return statement is currently.
Joseph Marcus
11,069 PointsHi huyen nguyen, like everyone else has said.
The problem is your return statement. The return statement always needs to return something.
So rather than print("your string is too short"), type return "your string is too short" instead.