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joshua Wagoner
11,233 PointsI don't understand why the code isn't working?
I have the raised value error, but it's saying I have not raised a suggestion
import math
def suggest(product_idea):
if product_idea "3":
raise ValueError("The suggestion needs to be greater than 3 characters!")
else:
return product_idea + "inator"
5 Answers
Scott Bailey
13,190 PointsThe raise ValueError is ok, the issue is with your "if" statement.
You need to compare then len() of the product_idea and see if it is less than 3
The import of math wouldn't be needed as well - pythons built in will be all you need!
If you need any more help please say!
joshua Wagoner
11,233 PointsCan you explain why I need to type len(product_idea) <3: instead of without?
I'm trying to understand the why >_>
Scott Bailey
13,190 PointsBecause product idea will be a string (they state in the challenge) - len(product_idea) will return how many characters are in the string, without doing this it is just a string and length isn’t considered in the argument. With python you need to be explicit.
Now you have the length of product idea you need to use python to see if that’s larger than 3 - this will return true or false and either cause the error to be raised or not.
The main thing is len() will give you a number. That number can then be used in the comparison < 3
joshua Wagoner
11,233 Pointsok, I think I understand. Going back to my code
Ralph Ng
611 PointsMy code doesn't work:
def suggest(product_idea): if len(product_idea) < 3: raise ValueError("Error") else: return product_idea + "inator"
Scott Bailey
13,190 Pointsdef suggest(product_idea):
if len(product_idea) < 3:
raise ValueError("Error")
else:
return product_idea + "inator"
I think there may have been an indentation error on one of the statements - I put your code through and it passed. I put the passing code above (formatted)
Try refreshing the challenge page as well, I sometimes have an issue where my code will fail but after a refresh and paste back in it works fine.