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Python

Posted by Lesedi Ncube
Lesedi Ncube
441 Points

I am failing to complete the 'Raise an exception' code challenge quiz on Python, please help.

How do l raise a ValueError if the user input is less than 3 characters long in a case and product_idea is a string ?

def suggest(product_idea): return product_idea + "inator"

Thomas Beaudry
Thomas Beaudry
29,084 Points

def suggest(product_idea): if len(product_idea) < 3: raise ValueError return product_idea + "inator"

2 Answers

Jasper Maposa
Jasper Maposa
26,919 Points

Just to illuminate Thomas' answer

def suggest(product_idea):
    if len(product_idea) < 3:
        raise ValueError('Too shot')
    return product_idea + 'inator'
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,657 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,657 Points

:warning: Treehouse discourages explicit answers without explanations, and they have redacted them on occasion.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,657 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,657 Points

Though not formatted to display lines and indentation, the solution provided by Thomas is essentially correct. You just need to add a conditional "if" line which then controls a "raise" statement.