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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raising Exceptions

Posted by Ian Roach
Ian Roach
1,695 Points

Can someone help me with this?

I need help I don't know what I'm doing wrong. /Users/IanRandallRoach/Desktop/Screen Shot 2019-06-17 at 5.37.26 PM.png

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Can you post your code?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

We can't get to the screenshot image stored on your computer, but screenshots aren't very useful for debugging. But if you make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here, we can replicate the issue and help find a solution.

Ian Roach
Ian Roach
1,695 Points

It's not giving me the option to create a snapshot. My workspace looks different than the workspace on the video thats about how to make snapshots.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Does it have a button with a camera icon on it somewhere?

Ian Roach
Ian Roach
1,695 Points

Ok at first I was on the actual question. Now I just copied it to a workspace. I copy and pasted the link here. It's on the untitled.html section.

https://w.trhou.se/u8mfk57dve

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

It looks like you were working on a challenge, but the button on this page leads to a video. Normally, if you create a question from the "get help" button in a challenge, it will provide a link to it and also include your code for you.

But based on the snapshot code, I see these issues:

  • it looks like some of the originally provided code was removed
  • some of the removed code handles the necessary "return" for the function
  • the added code needs to be indented further to be considered part of the function
  • it's not the "product_idea" itself you'll want to test, but the length of it ("len()" function)
Brandon Kuske
Brandon Kuske
4,269 Points
Brandon Kuske
Brandon Kuske
4,269 Points

The main problem looks like a lack of a "return", and the omission of a "len()" function to test for the length of characters. You should be able to fix it without much trouble.

Luke Tate
Luke Tate
Courses Plus Student 2,256 Points

For the challenge should I use the len function for the if statement?