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1,505 PointsHow do you coerce an int into a string?
I need to keep the user from entering less than 3 characters
I tried <char(3) but didn't work
def suggest(product_idea):
if product_idea <3:
raise ValueError
return product_idea + "inator"
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsYou need to find the number of characters in product_idea and compare that to the number 3. For this you can use the len() method as shown here.