input variable choice

[MCL169]

I'm using simple ideas and theories to practice coding. I'm simply trying to except a input from user that returns a variable string. I want the user to choose a patch that will be developed as i go.

print(Welcome to The Bronx)
input('Will you fight for good or bad?: ') 

good = 'Police Academy'
bad = 'corner lookout'
input('good or bad: ')

if input == (good):
    print(good)
else:
    print(bad)

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[noisefloor]

Hi,

you need to bind the result of input() to a variable - otherwise the input just disappears.

Like:

name = input('What is your name?')
print(f'Hello {name}')

This is pretty basic stuff. Maybe you want to read through the corresponding section in the Python tutorial on docs.python.org to get a deeper understanding.

Regards, noisefloor

[menator01]

As mentioned above read through the docs on input and variables.

An example would be

choose = input('Will you fight for good or bad?\n>> ').lower()
if choose == 'good':
    print('Good')
elif choose == 'bad':
    print('Bad')
else:
    print('That is not a valid option.')

[MCL169]

print('Welcome to The Bronx')

choose = input('Will you fight for good or bad?: ')
good = "police academy"
bad = "corner lookout"
if choose == 'good':
print(good)
elif choose == 'bad':
print(bad)
else:
print('not an option')

[MCL169]

Hi,

you need to bind the result of input() to a variable - otherwise the input just disappears.

Like:

name = input('What is your name?')
print(f'Hello {name}')

I am basically engulfing myself in Python to change careers. You're right I'm getting a head of myself and need to focus on the basics. I'm on youtube and Udemy. Just starting out. Ill check the tutorial and documentation. Thank You...


This is pretty basic stuff. Maybe you want to read through the corresponding section in the Python tutorial on docs.python.org to get a deeper understanding.

Regards, noisefloor

[deanhystad]

You are asking your user to enter "police academy" or "corner lookout". This would be quite difficult for your user because you provide no info about what is a valid answer. I think what you want to do is ask them to enter "good" or "bad", and print "police academy" or "corner lookout".

if input("Are you good or bad? ").lower() in ("good", "g"):
    print("Police Academy"
else:
    print("Corner Lookout")

[MCL169]

print('Welcome to The Bronx')

choose = input('Will you fight for good or bad?: ')
good = "police academy"
bad = "corner lookout"
if choose == 'good':
print(good)
elif choose == 'bad':
print(bad)
else:
print('not an option')

# binding worked

[MCL169]

You are asking your user to enter "police academy" or "corner lookout". This would be quite difficult for your user because you provide no info about what is a valid answer. I think what you want to do is ask them to enter "good" or "bad", and print "police academy" or "corner lookout".

if input("Are you good or bad? ").lower() in ("good", "g"):
    print("Police Academy"
else:
print("Corner Lookout")

I want them to choose good or bad