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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Joeseph Wolfe
Joeseph Wolfe
Courses Plus Student 1,010 Points

Not sure what the issue is here my code seems to work just fine in a python interpreter

def just_right(somestr): if len(somestr) < 4: print("Your string is too short") elif len(somestr) > 4: print("Your string is too long") else: True

I am not sure why the quiz is not accepting this as my answer. It has the desired behavior when I use my interpreter to test.

strlen.py 
def just_right(somestr):
    if len(somestr) < 4:
        print("Your string is too short")
    elif len(somestr) > 4:
        print("Your string is too long")
    else: 
        True

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Just because code runs, it doesn't prove that it is doing the right thing.

:point_right: The Challenge asks you to return the strings, not print them.

You also need to return True when the length is right.

Joeseph Wolfe
PLUS
Joeseph Wolfe
Courses Plus Student 1,010 Points
Joeseph Wolfe
Joeseph Wolfe
Courses Plus Student 1,010 Points

Thanks Steven !, that was exactly what I was doing wrong.