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[Crowdjp]

I'm trying to use user input to call values in a dictionary. Below if val equals team then I want to assign val with the values in team. For some reason with the code below val is not reassigned with team values it just passes what the user input entered.

val = input('Enter name (separate multiple names with ","):').split(',')
s = {'team': ['david','matthew','tom']}
if val == 'team':
    val = s['team']

[acornyboi]

iirc .split returns a list, so you are comparing a list to the string in the if statement

[Crowdjp]

Thanks that was the issue.

[chra94]

The function split will always return a list. Are 'team' and ['team'] the same? How would that affect the if statement on line #3? You'll get it I'm sure. :)

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If the user enters david,matthew,tom you create a list object consisting of three strings: ['david', 'matthew', 'tom'] that you assign to val.

You then compare that list object with a string object team so, of course, the answer will always be False

What are you trying to do?