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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Jason Miodrag
Jason Miodrag
12,289 Points
Posted by Jason Miodrag
Jason Miodrag
12,289 Points

solutions for challenge task

why is my code not accepted?

strlen.py 
def just_right(word):
    if len(word) == 5:
        return True
    elif len(word) < 5:
        print('Your string is too short')
    else:
        print('Your string is too long')

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The challenge asks you to return those strings. You won't need to "print" anything.

Jason Miodrag
Jason Miodrag
12,289 Points
Jason Miodrag
Jason Miodrag
12,289 Points

Thanks man. I was playing with my code in my text editor and forgot to change print to return when I copied it over. The worst part is I stared at that code for 20 minutes before I posted.