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Posted by Ben Bassler
Ben Bassler
1,806 Points

How can I check the length of a string in an If-Statement?

"Can you please raise a ValueError if the product_idea is less than 3 characters long? product_idea is a string.". That was the question... but how do I check the length of a string?

2 Answers

diogorferreira
diogorferreira
19,363 Points

There's a function, len() that returns back the length of the string you provided. This link might help you out..

So you might be able to do

if len(product_idea) < 3:
    raise ValueError('Return something like, Need a longer product idea!')
Ben Bassler
Ben Bassler
1,806 Points

Perfect, thanks for helping out! :)

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<noob />
17,063 Points
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<noob />
17,063 Points

Hi!, u do it like that:

u use the len() method. for example : if len(product_idea) < 3:

Ben Bassler
Ben Bassler
1,806 Points

Yup this worked! Thanks for your help.