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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Mauro Telechea
Mauro Telechea
952 Points
Posted by Mauro Telechea
Mauro Telechea
952 Points

artificial intelligence

Help! I'm pretty stuck in trying to understand the flow through here.

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    if product_idea < 3
raise ValueError(product_idea is less than 3 characters long!)
    return product_idea + "inator"

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,265 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,265 Points

You're close, but have a few issues:

  • the test should be for the length of the product_idea, not the string itself
  • for proper syntax, an "if" conditional must end with a colon (:)
  • the code controlled by a conditional must be indented more than the conditional itself
  • the string argument passed to ValueError must be enclosed in quotes