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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Kevin Gamuzza
Kevin Gamuzza
3,547 Points

Check won`t work although my code works just fine in workspaces

The check does not accept my solution altough my code works just fine in workspaces. Can anyone help with a solution that works so that I can actually finish the course? Best regards

suggestinator.py
def suggest(product_idea,number_of_characters):
    if number_of_characters <= 3:
        raise ValueError ("More than 3 characters required")
    return(product_idea + "inator")
try:
    product_idea = input("What is your productidea?  ")
    number_of_characters = int(len(product_idea))
    product_suggestion = suggest(product_idea,number_of_characters)
except ValueError as err:
    print("Not a valid value!")
    print("({})".format(err)) 
else:
    print("Your product should be called: {}".format(product_suggestion))

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You only need to add a test and raise to the function, you won't need a "try", "except", "input" or "print".

And you must not change the number or type of argument that the function takes, the challenge validator will be testing it by calling with just one string argument.

Rahul Saini
Rahul Saini
4,611 Points

You really don't need to add another argument named: number_of_characters. You can use this.

def suggest(product_idea):
    number_of_characters = len(product_idea)
    if number_of_characters <= 3:
        raise ValueError ("More than 3 characters required")
    return(product_idea + "inator")