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Paul Ngwendere
9,138 PointsRaising exceptionns
i tried running this code and it did but it keeps on returning "good idea" even though there are less than 3 characters..where did i go wrong?
def suggest(product_idea):
if len(product_idea) < 3:
raise ValueError("More characters needed.")
return product_idea + "inator"
try:
users_idea = str(input("What's your idea? "))
except ValueError as err:
print("Try again..")
print("({})".format(err))
else:
print("good idea!")
1 Answer
Donald Morales
Python Development Techdegree Student 15,982 PointsHello Paul!
The reason the code defaults to the else statement block is because your suggest() function isn't in the try block:
def suggest(product_idea):
if len(product_idea) < 3:
raise ValueError("More characters needed.")
else:
return product_idea + "inator"
try:
users_idea = input("What's your idea? ")
except ValueError as err:
print("Try again..")
print("({})".format(err))
else:
print("good idea!")
Placing the the function there will get the code running as expected:
try:
users_idea = input("What's your idea? ")
suggest(users_idea)
Paul Ngwendere
9,138 PointsPaul Ngwendere
9,138 PointsThank you Donald..It's now working..