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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Cool Broz
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Cool Broz
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 724 Points

string length

challenge task 1

strlen.py 
def just_right(string):
    string = intu("enter the string")

    if string < 5:
        print("string is too short")
    elif string > 5:
        print("string is too long")
    else:
        print("True")

just_right(string)

1 Answer

Tomas Svojanovsky
Tomas Svojanovsky
26,680 Points
Tomas Svojanovsky
Tomas Svojanovsky
26,680 Points

What is intu? What is string on the last line?

Why not like this?

def just_right(str):
    str_len = len(str)

    if str_len < 5:
        return "Your string is too short"
    elif str_len > 5:
        return "Your string is too long"

    return True