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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Jacob White
Jacob White
813 Points

How to use len function?

Hello,

I'm not sure if I'm using the len function properly in this challenge. What do you guys think?

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

3 Answers

Alex Brown
Alex Brown
3,555 Points

Hi Jacob,

You're using the len() function properly, but you failed to complete the challenge. It asks you to also return that the string is too long if it's longer than 5.

All this involved was adding an elif statement:

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)
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Jacob,

You're pretty much there, yes. But you need to handle the 'too long' option too:

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

I hope that helps,

Steve.

Jacob White
Jacob White
813 Points
Jacob White
Jacob White
813 Points

Thank you both!