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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

David Garcia
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David Garcia
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Posted by David Garcia
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David Garcia
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 11,254 Points

I doing everything i know for the most part...

well i'm doing everything this question is asking for, but i'm still not able to figure it out am I overthinking it? am i forgetting something? also do I add "try" and "except" functions? or am i over doing the question or under doing it? When i go check to see whats wrong with the code it says: TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int' this has me shook .. i feel like it wants me to do more than what i did but i dont know

1 Answer

Oskar Lundberg
Oskar Lundberg
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Oskar Lundberg
Oskar Lundberg
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Hey David! If you were to include your code, I would probably be able to see whats wrong. but for now, I will just show you an example of my solution which completed the challenge.

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

If you want me to check your code, just respond back with it, otherwise I hope my code can help you figure out whats wrong :D

David Garcia
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David Garcia
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your a life saver my guy i completely forgot about (len) which counts the characters in your text. I didnt even think about (len) what so ever. THANK YOU everything was good i just needed to do ---> len(product_idea) and that was it