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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping Raise an Exception

Mahbubul Haq Bhuiyan
Mahbubul Haq Bhuiyan
582 Points
Posted by Mahbubul Haq Bhuiyan
Mahbubul Haq Bhuiyan
582 Points

What's wrong with my code?

What's wrong with my code? Can anyone help?

suggestinator.py 
def suggest(product_idea):
    if product_idea < 3 :
        raise ValueError ( "More than 3 characters are required " )
    return product_idea + "inator"

try :
    product_idea = input(" What's your product ? " )
    result = suggest( product_idea )
except ValueError as err :
    print ( "Oh no! That's not a valid value " )
    print ( " ( {} ) ".format(err))

1 Answer

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

Two things wrong with your code:

  • You should be checking the len() of product_ideas
  • You're doing more than the challenge asks you to do

I answered this in this post