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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Posted by Dharmesh Nayee
Dharmesh Nayee
1,090 Points

What is wrong with my code?

I cant see where i am making a mistake?

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    return product_idea + "inator"

product_idea = input ("Suggest a Product Idea?")
if len(product_idea)<3:
    raise ValueError("Product idea needs to have more than 3 characters")

1 Answer

Ewerton Luna
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Ewerton Luna
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 24,031 Points

Hey! The only problem I'm seeing is that you want the input to be more than 3 characters (meaning that the input should be at least 4 characters long), but you are only raising an error if your values are less than 3 characters, meaning that if you enter "bob" for example, no exceptions will be raised because it is accepting a 3 character string.

I think what you meant is this:

if len(product_idea) <= 3:  # less than or equals to 3
    raise ValueError("Product idea needs to have more than 3 characters")
Dharmesh Nayee
Dharmesh Nayee
1,090 Points

Hey, Thank you for your help!