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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Didier Borel
Didier Borel
2,837 Points
Posted by Didier Borel
Didier Borel
2,837 Points

length of a string

Sorry I don't understand what is wrong here. I presume, I am to ask the user for a string. is that the problem?

strlen.py 
def just_right(string):
  string=input("Give me a string")
  if len(input)<5:
    return "Your string is too short."
  elif len(input)>5:
      return "Your string is too long."
  else: return True

2 Answers

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Didier, everything's great, except the editor didn't want any user input:

def just_right(string):
  if len(string)<5:
    return "Your string is too short."
  elif len(string)>5:
      return "Your string is too long."
  else: return True
Didier Borel
Didier Borel
2,837 Points
Didier Borel
Didier Borel
2,837 Points

thanks jcorum, I thought it was something of the sort.