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#VALID USERNAME

def is_valid_username(username):

return (5 <= len(username) <= 15 and username[0].isalpha() and username.isalnum())

while True:

print('5 to 15 characteres and must start with a letter')

prompt = input('Type your username here (or type "exit" to quit): ')

if prompt.lower() == "exit":

print("Exiting...")

break

if is_valid_username(prompt):

print('Valid username')

break

else:

print('Username invalid. Please try again.')

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username = input('Write here your name: ')

def check_username_validity(username):

characters = len(username)

key_num = username.isalnum()

key_alpha = username[0].isalpha()

if (characters > 15) or (characters < 5):

print('Your username is invalid because it doesnt have the exact numbers right!')

elif key_num is not True:

print('Your username does not contain only alphanumerics.')

elif key_alpha is not True:

print('The first character of the username must be a letter.')

else:

print('Valid username')

check_username_validity(username)

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def check_username_validity(usr_name):

if len(usr_name)>=5 and len(usr_name)<=15:

if usr_name[0].isalpha():

for ch in usr_name:

if ch.isalnum():

pass

else:

return "Invalid Username - Only letters and numbers are allowed"

return "Valid username"

else:

return "Invalid Username - First letter in username is should be character"

else:

return "Invalid - Insufficient user name length/characters"

if __name__ == "__main__":

usr_name = input("Enter Username - contain chars/digits - min length [5] to max length [15] chars:")

print(check_username_validity(usr_name))

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The hint and show code redirects do not work for me. I have cleared cookies, changed devices and ip's. I also went to the acactual substack page as opposed to the email.

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author

Hi Shalako, sorry about that. Please check the links again. They should work now.

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Perfect! Thanks for the quick response.

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