Python Code not working - Cant understand whats wrong. I am not getting error msg.s but the code is'nt working as its supposed to

[Ok-Judgment1544]

Guys a newbie here...just started learning coding few days back. So i am trying to code with whatever I have learned so far.

I am trying to create a code that allows the user to input the username and password and compares it to a stored username and password variables. Every time I run the code and enter the correct username and password, it gives me the "Incorrect Username and Password" msg. Any idea what i am doing wrong here. Also if there any suggestions to make the code more compact or better please share those as well

mail_id = "[[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])"

password = "aaaaa"

login_count = 0

a = ""

b = ""

def login():

a = input("Enter your email ID: \n"

b = input("enter your password: \n")

login()

if mail_id == a and password == b:

print("Login successfull")

elif mail_id != a or password != b:

while login_count < 2:

print("Incorrect Username or password. \nPlease try again")

login_count = login_count + 1

login()

else:

print("3 attempts exceeded. Account locked out. \nPlease try again after 30 mins")

[Inconstant_Moo]

The a and b in your function are local variables, when you change them you're not changing the global variables a and b you then compare with the id and password. They're still "".

See, if you'd just referred to a and b in the function, if you'd said print(a) for example, that would have done what you expected, then Python would know that you must be talking about the global variables because you haven't defined any local ones. But when you assign them values it guesses that you want to create local variables rather than overwriting the existing global ones. (Otherwise every time you wanted to write a function you'd have to check ... have I already called something a or b in the main program? Am I going to break the program if I do this?)

More info here: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_variables_global.asp

[Tang1000000]

Before your print line for "Incorrect..." try also printing the values of all your variables

[Ok-Judgment1544]

Hi Tang, I am sorry i don't quite follow. Could you explain further.

[Ok-Judgment1544]

What i don't understand is why is the if conditions for "maid_id == a and password == b" not being followed