Build an RPG Character - Need help for steps 9 and 10

Tell us what’s happening:

I am unable to get steps 9 and 10 correct

All the posts I checked regarding this question is not helping unfortunately.

I haven’t done the steps beyond these ones since I do not want to get mixed up even further

Your code so far

full_dot = '●'
empty_dot = '○'

def create_character(name, strength, intelligence, charisma):
    if not isinstance(name, str): 
        return 'The character name should be a string'  
    if len(name) == 0:
        return 'The character should have a name'
    if len(name) > 10:
        return 'The character name is too long'
    if '' in name:
        return 'The character name should not contain spaces'
    stats = strength, intelligence, charisma
    if not isinstance(stats, int):
        return 'All stats should be integers'
    

    
    

    

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Build an RPG Character - Build an RPG Character

Welcome to the forum @s2311034 !

Is that a space?

stats is not a list and, even if it were, you cannot check the type of every list item using that syntax.

Happy coding!

Hey! Thanks for the help!

Adding the space back in solved Steps 9 and 10 instantly lol.

But a new problem has appeared. By just adding back the space, for some reason, stats satisfies Step 10, which is rather confusing. Step 11 isn’t satisfied though.

Hello @s2311034 !

here I recommend adding multiples print() statements to your code. They are primordial for debugging (see more here, in the print() section). You can also use a tool like Pythontutor, that help visualizing your code better.

Also , you added :

It is not the space that caused the test 11 to fail, it just didn’t pop out on your screen. You can see every test that failed by scrolling all the way down the instructions or by reading the terminal.

Try to print an instance of the function with the values of your choice, and check if your if statements trigger right (or not). For example try : print(create_character('ren', 4, 2, 1)). This is a valid example so it shouldn’t raise any error.

Later, you do this :

Try printing stats, and type(stats).

Be careful, an isinstance() check of a list containing various item is not the same as checking each item separately.

Thanks! This helps a lot! I am gonna start trying examples from now on, and PythonTutor is indeed awesome

Oop, I meant the entire comment, not just that segment lol