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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Chase Alfrey
Chase Alfrey
996 Points
Posted by Chase Alfrey
Chase Alfrey
996 Points

Strlen.py python lesson problem

It's telling me to have it detect the length of the string and say if it's too big or too small, but it just won't work for some reason. Can somebody help me?

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

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

All of the logic in your code is correct, you just need to fix one of your strings:

"Your number is too long"

should be:

"Your string is too long"

It's always the simple things... :)

Chase Alfrey
Chase Alfrey
996 Points
Chase Alfrey
Chase Alfrey
996 Points

I can’t believe I missed that! I was making a number game earlier, so I must’ve got used to typing number instead of word.