On 02/05/17 01:42, David Wolfe wrote: > I'm working through Pycharm Edu, and I'm stuck on the following: > > phrase = """ > It is a really long string > triple-quoted strings are used > to define multi-line strings > """ > first_half = phrase[:len(phrase)//2] > print(first_half) > > > The instructions are: > The len() function is used to count how many characters a string contains. > > Get the first half of the string stored in the variable phrase. > Note: Remember about type conversion.
I'm assuming this is only part of the story since the instructions don't make sense. There is no need for type conversion here. > and my output is: > > It is a really long string > triple-quoted st > > which is what I'm supposed to get, but I keep getting the error message > "Too short string in the output" I don't know the PyCharm IDE but is that all it says? I'd expect a bit more information about where the error lies. It certainly isn't obvious and I don't get any such error when I execute your code in IDLE. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor