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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Arihant Tripathy
Arihant Tripathy
8,764 Points

What should I do here?

I keep getting errors!

suggestinator.py
def suggest(product_idea):
    return product_idea + "inator"
    try:
        if len(product_idea) < 3:      
            raise ValueError

1 Answer

I am new here so I will try my best. You didn't need try: , what I did was just use if statement and raise the exception before where possible error could occur. I don't know if this is the best answer but it did it for me. it should look like this:

def suggest(product_idea):
    if len(product_idea) <= 3:
        raise ValueError
    return product_idea + "inator"