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Christopher Flores
6,898 Pointsdo I even need to create a variable
I think I'm close but can't get it to work. Where is the problem? Without variable it still doesn't work.
def suggest(product_idea):
product_idea = input("")
if product_idea < 3:
raise ValueError("more than 3 characters needed")
return product_idea + "inator"
2 Answers
Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsFirstly, you don't need the variable but I think you get that, the string will be passed into the function and we just need to work with that. The issue you have had other than that is here:
if product_idea < 3:
Product idea is coming in as a string, which means this statement makes no sense, a string can't be compared to an integer. However there is a function that can get the length of a string and tell you that value, this is what you need. You can use len() to get the length of a string, using this with product_idea you should be able to get through this! I believe in you, good luck!
Feel free to ask any other questions about this if you need to.
Christopher Flores
6,898 Pointstook me a little while but eventually I got it. Thanks for the help!
Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsGlad you got it, don't be afraid to ask any questions if you don't understand anything! You got this!