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Python

Posted by SURENDRA MALLA
SURENDRA MALLA
3,727 Points

Can you please raise a ValueError if the product_idea is less than 3 characters long? product_idea is a string. Thanks i

''' def suggest(product_idea): return product_idea + "inator" if product_idea <= len("product_idea") * 3: raise valueError("you idea is too short") '''

Stephen Bruen
Stephen Bruen
3,304 Points

def suggest(product_idea):

if len(product_idea) < 3 :

raise ValueError ("......")

return product_idea + "inator"

you just had the "if" statement in the wrong place.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Stephen is right that you need to have the test and raise before the return, but you have a couple of other issues:

  • test the length directly, don't multiply it by anything
  • compare the length of the new string to the number 3 instead of itself
  • when referencing a variable (such as product_idea), never put quotes around the name
SURENDRA MALLA
SURENDRA MALLA
3,727 Points
SURENDRA MALLA
SURENDRA MALLA
3,727 Points

Thanks Stephen and Steven!