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Makan Fofana
Courses Plus Student 1,773 PointsHaving some trouble
Need a little assistance with this.
def just_right(runner):
while len(runner) < 5:
return "Your string is too short"
else:
return "Your string is too long"
print(True)
2 Answers
Haider Ali
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 24,728 PointsHi there Makan. I have taken a look at your code and seen that your while loop is not necessary. All you need is a conditional statement. If the length of the string is smaller than 5, return 'Your string is too short'. If it is greater, return 'Your string is too long'. If it is neither, return True:
def just_right(runner):
if len(runner) < 5:
return "Your string is too short"
elif len(runner) > 5:
return "Your string is too long"
else:
return True
Andrey Chernykh
Courses Plus Student 2,552 PointsCreate a new function named just_right that takes a single argument, a string. If 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". Otherwise, just return True.
There is no need of using While in this case, you just need to check If string is shorter or longer if non of those than return True (not print)
def just_right(runner):
if len(runner) < 5:
return "Your string is too short"
elif len(runner)>5:
return "Your string is too long"
else:
return True