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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Posted by James Rennie
James Rennie
16,807 Points

product_idea + "inator" = none

Keep getting errors

suggestinator.py 
product_idea = "bacon"

def suggest(product_idea):
     if len(product_idea) < 3:
        raise ValueError("Product idea is too short") 
        return product_idea + "inator"

1 Answer

lemelleio
lemelleio
10,874 Points

Hello,

You have some whitespace issues in this code which the interpreter can't parse.

#your code reformatted

def suggest(product_idea):
    if len(product_idea) < 3:
        raise ValueError("Product idea is too short")
    return product_idea + "inator" #this line couldn't be read because it was indented twice