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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

tashzol
tashzol
1,354 Points
Posted by tashzol
tashzol
1,354 Points

Raising Exceptions Exercise

I do not understand why I am getting errors on this code. What have I missed? I have raised the exception. Thanks!

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    product_idea = input("Enter your idea: ")
    if len(product_idea) < 3:
            raise ValueError("Sorry, try again with more characters")
    return product_idea + "inator"

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

The "product_idea" is provided as the passed-in argument, you don't want to re-assign it and you won't need to "input" anything.

tashzol
tashzol
1,354 Points
tashzol
tashzol
1,354 Points

Thank you, I had troubles understanding what was exactly asked to make the code work. I guess the most simple solutions are sometimes the best ones.