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Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 PointsHomework Problem
def suggest(product_idea): if len(product_idea) <= 3: raise ValueError('The string has too low length (# of chars should be > 3). ')
My nam is Chris. I use Python 3.7 on a mac. I am in boot camp and online school. My mac os system is mohave. I have been learning programing for 3 weeks now. Here were my directions:
Question : I've made a function that creates brand new product names using "artificial intelligence". I have a problem though, people keep on adding product ideas that are too short. It makes the suggestions look bad. Can you please raise a ValueError if the product_idea is less than 3 characters long? product_idea is a string. Thanks in advance!
def suggest(product_idea):
if len(product_idea) <= 3
raise ValueError('The string has too low length (# of chars should be > 3). ')
# do some stuff if needed
1 Answer
Alexander Besse
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,115 PointsHi Chris!
I ran through this one myself and ran into two things to improve on with your code.
Firstly, you'll need a ':' (semi-colon) after "if len(product_idea) <= 3" to let Python know that your finished with the initialization of your IF statement.
Last off, although not stated in the challenge's directions, I found that the function wanted a return statement to read: return product_name + "inator".
def suggest(product_idea):
if len(product_idea) <= 3:
raise ValueError('The string has too low length (# of chars should be > 3). ')
return product_idea + "inator"
Hope this helps, let me know!