Raise an exception exercise

Question

Really can't figure this out
```suggestinator.py
def suggest(productidea):
    if productidea < 3:
        raise ValueError("More than 2 characters is required")
    return product_idea + "inator"
```

Peter Vann · Answer

Hi Anthony!
You are not quite addressing this issue in your example code:
raise a ValueError if the product_idea is less than 3 characters long
This:
python
if product_idea < 3:

treats product_idea as if it is an integer, but it's a string.
This passes:
python
def suggest(product_idea):
    if len(product_idea) < 3:
        raise ValueError("More than 2 characters is required")
    return product_idea + "inator"

notice the use of the len() function here:
python
if len(product_idea) < 3:

which tests to see if the length of the string product_idea is less than 3 characters
Usage
python
print(suggest('AI'))

would raise the error
python
print(suggest('Python'))

would print "Pythoninator"
More info:
https://www.w3schools.com/python/reffunclen.asp
I hope that helps.
Stay. safe and happy coding!

ahmed suleman · Answer

def suggest(productidea):
    if len(productidea) < 3 :
        raise ValueError("More than 2 characters is required")
    return product_idea + "inator"
print(suggest("python"))

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Raise an exception exercise

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