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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Julian Eysmont
Julian Eysmont
496 Points
Posted by Julian Eysmont
Julian Eysmont
496 Points

how to count characters in strings?

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    if product_idea < len(3)
    raise ValueError("The name is too short")
    return product_idea + "inator"

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Julian Eysmont! Counting the number of characters in a string is fairly straightforward. If you pass in the string to the len() function, it will return the number of characters. For instance:

name = "Julian"
print(len(name))

This will print out the number 6 because there are 6 characters in "Julian". I think what you're meaning to do is ask:

if len(product_idea) < 3:

Hope this helps! :sparkles: