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Marvin Toussaint
792 PointsPlease help
I'm really stuck on this one. I'm a little confused by try and exceptions. Can some one break this down for me?
def suggest(product_idea):
if product_idea !> 3
raise ValueError ("sorry, Ideas need to be atleast 3 characters ")
return product_idea + "inator"
1 Answer
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsYou are very close. These are your errors:
- the
raise
statement needs indenting - you are comparing the
product_idea
to the integer3
. Instead, compare thelen()
ofproduct_idea
- comparison of “not greater that 3” could be written as:
not len(object) > 3
-
len(object)
< 3
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!