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Python Django Basics Model Administration First app view

Vibhor Gupta
Vibhor Gupta
168 Points
Posted by Vibhor Gupta
Vibhor Gupta
168 Points

Can't get right ouput...

I am just not able to pass this particular challenge. Please help me debug my code

from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import Article

# Write your views here
def article_list(request):
    all_articles = Article.objects.all()
    output = 'There are ' + len(all_articles) + ' articles.'
    return HttpResponse(output)
articles/views.py 
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import Article

# Write your views here
def article_list(request):
    all_articles = Article.objects.all()
    output = 'There are ' + len(all_articles) + ' articles.'
    return HttpResponse(output)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're really close, you just need to convert the length into a string when you concatenate the other strings:

    output = 'There are ' + str(len(all_articles)) + ' articles.'