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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Albert Vathapally
Albert Vathapally
575 Points
Posted by Albert Vathapally
Albert Vathapally
575 Points

Could someone please walk me through the Can you please raise a ValueError if the product_idea is less than 3 challange?

I am having a lot of trouble finding out the problem

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    if len.product_idea < 3:
        raise ValueError()
return product_idea + "inator"

input("enter")
print(suggest("enter"))

1 Answer

Daniel Turato
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Daniel Turato
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Daniel Turato
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Daniel Turato
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 30,124 Points

The reason it's not working is due to your use of len. The correct way to find the length of a string is like this:

len(product_idea)

Otherwise, everything else looks good. Hope this helps