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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Jesse Nieman
Jesse Nieman
4,452 Points
Posted by Jesse Nieman
Jesse Nieman
4,452 Points

I am getting stuck on this raise an exception question:

Here is my code. Am I heading in the right direction? Totally off?

Thanks for the insight!

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    product_idea = input("give me an idea  ")
    return product_idea + "inator"
    if product_idea !> len(3):
        raise ValueError("You need a bigger idea.")

1 Answer

rydavim
rydavim
18,813 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,813 Points

You've got the right idea, there are just a couple of small problems. The order of your code is a little bit off, and your length comparison has a syntax problem.

def suggest(product_idea):
    product_idea = input("give me an idea  ") # You don't need to get this, it's provided to the function.
    return product_idea + "inator" # Your code should go before the return statement.
    if product_idea !> len(3): # You want to compare the length of the product idea to the num 3. Ex: len(str) < num
        raise ValueError("You need a bigger idea.")

That should help you work out the last bit, but let me know if you get stuck and we can work through a solution. Nice job, keep it up!

Jesse Nieman
Jesse Nieman
4,452 Points
Jesse Nieman
Jesse Nieman
4,452 Points

This helped a ton. I was able to complete the exercise.