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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Reign Anu
Reign Anu
1,537 Points

How do I indicate a string?

Im pretty sure is my notation of a string in the argument. If so whats the proper way of notating a string literal in this code?

-Thanks in advance

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

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey there,

you can call the parameter however you want (as long as it's a valid variable name) because you're not really declaring the parameter as a String. In this case I called the parameter string . Also note that you have to return True in the else block instead of Turn .

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

I hope that helps! :)

Reign Anu
Reign Anu
1,537 Points

ahh thanks so much!!