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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App String length

Posted by Dimitrios Exarchos
Dimitrios Exarchos
893 Points

Syntax?

Seems there is a syntax error?

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

2 Answers

Daniel Bourke
Daniel Bourke
3,870 Points
Daniel Bourke
Daniel Bourke
3,870 Points

Everything in your code looks great but the challenge asks to return the strings rather than to print them.

I made this mistake too!

Try out changing the print statements to return statements and see how you go :)

Dimitrios Exarchos
Dimitrios Exarchos
893 Points
Dimitrios Exarchos
Dimitrios Exarchos
893 Points

thanks a lot!

gabrielabazan
gabrielabazan
14,153 Points

Hi Dimitrios,

If . you haven't solved this already, your elif statement has extra indentation. Here's how I'd write it:

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