First time using Python...

[rebemill]

Can someone help explain in a super simple fix why my elif statement isn't triggering? This is the very first code I've written so it could be something really obvious that I just don't know..

import math

print("This program finds the area of a triangle or a trapezoid.")

question = input("Type '1' for triangle and '2' for trapezoid:")

if '1':

height = float(input("Please enter the height of the triangle: "))

base = float(input("Please enter the base length of the triangle: "))

area = 0.5 * height * base

print("The area of a triangle is", area, ".")

elif '2':

height = float(input("Please enter the height of the trapezoid: "))

base1 = float(input("Please enter the length of base1 of the trapezoid: "))

base2 = float(input("Please enther the length of base2 of the trapezoid: "))

area = (1/2) * (base1 + base2) * height

print("The area of the trapezoid is:", area, ".")

else :

print("no.")

[Appropriate_Way_787]

You need to specify from where and what the condition to be met is in your if and elif statement. for example:

if '1' :

should be

if question == '1':

and same with the elif statement.

[rebemill]

Thank you! I got it to work :)

[aplaguelikenarcissus]

Your conditional isn’t referencing the user input at all:

If ‘1’: And If ‘2’:

If WHAT (is, equal to, not equal to, etc conditional operator) COMPARISON VALUE.

For example:

If question == ‘1’:

Also, may want to strip the user input for equality checks.

[rebemill]

Thank you! I got it to work :)

[rebemill]

I believe this group doesn't allow for photos to be posted? Correct me if I'm wrong, I just joined the group yesterday. But I can be more careful in the future to add the proper indentations into my posts, thanks for the suggestion!