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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Austin Cumberlander
Austin Cumberlander
13,997 Points
Posted by Austin Cumberlander
Austin Cumberlander
13,997 Points

Creating the "just_right" function challenge.

Challenge Task 1 of 1 Create a new function named just_right that takes a single argument, a string. If the length of the string is less than five characters, return "Your string is too short". If the string is longer than five characters, return "Your string is too long". Otherwise, just return True.

I wrote this code in a separate text editor and it works just fine. Why is it not passing this challenge??

def just_right(string): if len(string) < 5: print("Your string is too short") elif len(string) > 5: print("Your string is too long") else: return True

just_right('Money')

strlen.py 
def just_right(string):
    if len(string) < 5:
        print("Your string is too short")
    elif len(string) > 5:
        print("Your string is too long")
    else:
        return True

just_right('Money')

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