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Carlton Lee
Courses Plus Student 2,381 PointsCoding Challenge - creating a function and testing length of string
Trying to figure out why this doesn't seem to work. I just get "Bummer! Try again" which is less than helpful. I'm not entirely sure where or if an error exists. Using this exact code in my own IDE seems to work fine. If I seed the string value before running, I get the correct response when this code is ran independently. Not sure what's wrong here.
def just_right(string):
if len(string) < 5:
print("Your string is too short")
elif len(string) > 5:
print("Your string is too short")
else:
return True
1 Answer
matth89
17,826 PointsDeleted my previous answer because I realized there was more to it. You also need to return the strings, instead of printing as that is what the challenge is expecting. Hope this helps!
Carlton Lee
Courses Plus Student 2,381 PointsThanks. But the first part helped a bunch, too. Didn't see it.
matth89
17,826 PointsGlad to help!
Carlton Lee
Courses Plus Student 2,381 PointsCarlton Lee
Courses Plus Student 2,381 PointsSomething is wrong here... this isn't the code I submitted. I copy and pasted from my IDE which has the correct version. Something is making my code present incorrectly, I believe. Here's the real code:
def just_right(guess): if len(guess) < 5: print("Your string is too short") elif len(guess) > 5: print("Your string is too long") else: return True