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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Ignatius Matongo
Ignatius Matongo
9,418 Points

string length

def just_right(love): while len(love)<5: return "Your string is too short" elif len(love)>5: return "Your string is too long" else: return True

strlen.py 
def just_right(love):
    while len(love)<5:
        return "Your string is too short"
        elif len(love)>5:
            return "Your string is too long"
        else:
            return True

2 Answers

Pete P
Pete P
7,613 Points
Pete P
Pete P
7,613 Points

You're very close. We need to return True as long as our string is not too short and not too long. There is no need to use 'while' here. Replace the 'while' with an 'if' statement, fix your indents and you should be good to go. 

def just_right(love):
    if len(love)<5:  # check if string is too short
        return "Your string is too short"
    elif len(love)>5:  # if not, check if string is too long
        return "Your string is too long"
    else:
        return True
Ignatius Matongo
Ignatius Matongo
9,418 Points
Ignatius Matongo
Ignatius Matongo
9,418 Points

It happened. Thanks