CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpython-2.7
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Reputation: 115

elif function error in code

I am brand new to Python and am trying to build a text based game. The first question is "How old are you?"

How can I use if/else statements to print a certain message when the user doesn't input his age.

for instance if the user inputs a character instead of a letter I want to print "please enter a digit, not characters" or if the user inputs a digit smaller than 12 I want to print "You are not old enough" and if the user inputs a digit greater or equal to 12 I want to say "Welcome"

I have written some code to try and do this myself and spent about 4 hours on it but can't figure it out.

This is my block of code:

 input_age = raw_input("What is your age, " + input_name + "? ")
 if len(input_age) == 0:
   print("You didn't enter anything")
 elif input_age < 12 and input_age.isdigit():
   print("Sorry, you are not old enogh to play")
 elif input_age >= 12 and input_age.isdigit():
   print ("Welcome")
 else:
   print("You entered a character or characters instead of a digit or digits")

For some reason the elif on line 4 gets skipped or something because even if i enter 4 as my age it still carries on and prints "Welcome" instead of "You are not old enough"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 189

Answers (1)

U13-Forward
U13-Forward

Reputation: 71570

@roganjosh is right, raw_input returns a string, so you have to do the below:

input_age = raw_input("What is your age, " + input_name + "? ")
if not input_age:
  print("You didn't enter anything")
elif input_age.isdigit():
   if int(input_age) < 12 :
       print("Sorry, you are not old enogh to play")
   elif int(input_age) >= 12:
     print ("Welcome")
if not input_age.isdigit():
  print("You entered a character or characters instead of a digit or digits")

Upvotes: 1

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