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Ankush Sharma
844 PointsIn this video we use "len " to get the lenght of strings.but when the code runs it did not print the lenght in console
Why the lenght of string did not print in number in console?
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe length is stored in "number_of_characters", which is not directly printed. Instead, it is used with the replication operator (*) to create a number of exclamation points.
... "!" * number_of_characters # create exclamation points, not a number
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Ankush Sharma
844 Pointsthank you))
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsAnkush Sharma — Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!