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class ShortInputException(Exception): def __init__(self, length, atleast):
        Exception.__init__(self)
        self.length = length
        self.atleast = atleast
try:
text = input() if len(text) < 3:
raise ShortInputException(len(text), 3) # Other work can continue as usual here
except EOFError:
print()
except ShortInputException as ex:
print(\
.format(ex.length, ex.atleast)) else:
print()