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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Brian Hampton
Brian Hampton
960 Points
Posted by Brian Hampton
Brian Hampton
960 Points

Trying to convert the string length to an integer, Not sure if I'm doing this properly to get pass this step.

My attempt at this was to get the length of 'product_idea' but I'm running into string objects not having a len attribute. Is there another way to solve this equation that I cannot think of at the moment?

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

Can you share your code? You have the right idea, unless I see the code I can't tell you exactly what went wrong.

1 Answer

Daniel Maslany
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Daniel Maslany
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Daniel Maslany
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Daniel Maslany
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 6,193 Points

You don't need to convert len into a intger as it's already returning a value in that format.

if len(product_idea) < 5:
    print(product_idea, " is to short. Pick a name with five or more letters.")
else:
    print(product_idea, " is a great name!")