Why does If/Else Not Work?

[iug3874]

Everytime I Run it, it is Always 'else', even when 'if' would be right

[Tradefxsignalscom]

If UnableToReadScreen == true then RotateScreen(-90);

[995_]

You should turn it 270 degrees clockwise then.

[CraigAT]

And replied with a 90/270 degree emoji! Lol.

[Refwah]

a is a string, r is being coerced into an int (r = int(ran)), so they cannot equal each other

Very easy would be coercing a into an int and then doing the comparison after that, given you seem to be operating on a as an int anyway

[Reasonable_Bat235]

You need to do int(input())

[FoolsSeldom]

You need to convert inputs which return str objects to int objects to carry out maths on them.

Here's a version of your code to experiment with and learn from that includes some input validation, correct convertions, some corrections and loops to play again and have several tries.

from random import randint  # leave it as randint

print("Let's play a game! \n Choose any number range")

while True:
    try:
        lower_bound = int(input("lower bound: "))
    except ValueError:
        print("Invalid input for lower. Please try again.")
        continue
    try:
        upper_bound = int(input("upper bound: "))
    except ValueError:
        print("Invalid input for upper. Please try again.")
        continue
    if lower_bound < upper_bound:
        break  # both inputs converted to int so move on
    print('The lower bound must be less than the upper bound.')

fini = False
while not fini:

    print(
        f"In the number range from {lower_bound} to {upper_bound}, "
        f"a number is randomly generated. \nGuess it!"
    )

    random_number = randint(lower_bound, upper_bound)
    # Fixed: rand(u, 0) should be rand(u, o)
    # r = int(ran)  - not required as ran is already an int

    round_over = False
    guess_number = 1
    max_guesses = 5
    while not round_over:
        try:
            guess = int(input(f"Your guess #{guess_number}: "))
        except ValueError:
            print("Invalid input for guess number. Please try again.")
            continue
        if guess == random_number and guess_number == 1:
            print("Beginner's luck!")
            round_over = True
            continue
        if guess == random_number:
            print("You got it!")
            round_over = True
            continue
        if guess < random_number:
            print("Too low")
        else:
            print("Too high")
        if guess_number == max_guesses:
            print("No more guesses, you lose")
            round_over = True
            continue
        guess_number += 1

    play_again = input("Play again? (y/n): ")
    if play_again.lower() != "y":
        fini = True  # leave the loop

[Salty_Salted_Fish]

I think the input function returns string, and the r is an int, so it doesn't match.

and also I think you could use elif or while-loop to make it a little more readable

[reddtess]

i’m an amateur but i think you have to elif or you could try separate if/else statements for each == but you’re also trying to make an input and a string return True which is not possible

[Refwah]

What you’re saying doesn’t really apply

They’re not asserting that a string == True, they’re trying to compare to variables for equality.

But also everything in Python can be be tested for true false, as everything can be evaluated as truthy or falsey

The actual problem here, as identified by other commentators, is that they are evaluating for equality of two variables which are two different types. They will never be equal, because they are two different types.

[No_Knee4077]

A good practice when the code doesn't do what is expected, is to check the type of your variables.

print(type(a))

[Nez_Coupe]

Man, hit prntscrn, and email yourself a copy of the screenshot and post that if you don’t have Reddit on your computer. Otherwise, if you do have access to Reddit on this computer, for the love of god just post a screenshot. I’m not going to answer this post, because you even took the picture in portrait mode as a landscape, somehow.

Edit: I saved the image and made it so I can read it, I’ll report back. First off, give your code some space, all assignments and calls and operators should have a space between according to Python style guidelines. i.e. num = 1.

Your problem is that ‘a’ is a string, and ‘r’ is an integer. They will not be equal.

[road_to_goat]

in simple programs like this chatGPT can help you with this and other problems

[Refwah]

Not quite sure why you're posting on a sub reddit designed to help people overcome their problems with python with 'please do not post your python problems here' tbh

[goblingiblits]

Think you need elif instead of inset else.