CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
Tulio Carrion-figueroa
Tulio Carrion-figueroa

Reputation: 31

Python codeacademy error

Instructions: Write an if statement that verifies that the string has characters.

Add an if statement that checks that len(original) is greater than zero. Don't forget the : at the end of the if statement! If the string actually has some characters in it, print the user's word. Otherwise (i.e. an else: statement), please print "empty". You'll want to run your code multiple times, testing an empty string and a string with characters. When you're confident your code works, continue to the next exercise.

print 'Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!'

# Start coding here!
if len(original) > 0:
    return True
else len(original) <= 0
    return False
original = raw_input("Enter a word:")

print original
print "empty"

I'm stuck as I keep getting the following error. What am I doing wrong?

File "python", line 6
   else len(original) = 0
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1559

Answers (2)

KevinDTimm
KevinDTimm

Reputation: 14376

if this is your code, it won't work at all because it will return before it does anything
your print original should replace the return True, and print empty should replace return False

After removing everything after else on that line of course (and including the :)

print 'Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!'
original = raw_input("Enter a word:")

# Start coding here!
if len(original) > 0:
    print original
else:
    print 'empty'

-- Or --

print 'Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator!'
original = raw_input("Enter a word:")
result = original if len(original) > 0 else 'empty'
print result

Upvotes: 0

heinst
heinst

Reputation: 8786

You can not have a check condition on an else

if len(original) > 0:
    return True
else:
    return False

So your full answer should look something like (Based upon the description of what it wants you to do that you provided, NOT the direction you were going in):

original = raw_input("Enter a word:")
if len(original) > 0:
    print original
else:
    print "empty"

Upvotes: 2

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