Lesson 3 Task 7

I’m not sure what the expected result was on this one but I don’t think it’s what I’m getting. I tried multiple things until I could get it to work though. However the first one to work doesn’t seem right as it returned

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Alexander/PycharmProjects/PythonIntroduction/lesson3/task7/len_function.py", line 6, in <module>
    first_half = int(phrase[:43])
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '\nIt is a really long string\ntriple-quoted s'

With the input of

phrase = """
It is a really long string
triple-quoted strings are used
to define multi-line strings
"""
first_half = int(phrase[:43])
print(first_half)

And then passes the lesson.

[Michael-Wayne]

@shake360

phrase = “”" It is a really long string triple-quoted strings are used to define multi-line strings “”" first_half = phrase[:int(len(phrase)/2)] print(first_half)

This is what you should have

[lancelote]

@shake360 That’s a correct logic but you forgot to use slicing, for now you store the number 44 in the first_half variable, not a first half of the phrase itself as expected.