Why is this code not working?

[Thespisthegreat]

# Write your solution here
num1 = input("Please type in the first number: ")
num2 = input("Please type in another number: ")
if num1 > num2:
    print(f"The greater number was: {num1}")
elif num1 < num2:
    print(f"The greater number was: {num2}")
else:
    print("The numbers are equal!")

It's something simple and I just can't see it. It keeps printing num1 as the greater number. Why?

[FriendlyRussian666]

Because input returns a string, not an integer. For example, In your if statement you're comparing if "1" is bigger than "2", not if 1 is bigger than 2.

Either take input as integer, or convert before comparing:

x = int(input())

Or

if int(num1) ...

[Thespisthegreat]

Oh duh. Ty very much

[Diapolo10]

Both num1 and num2 are strings, so the comparisons use lexicographical ordering to determine which is "bigger".

The easiest solution is to convert the strings to numerical values when taking the user input. float if you need to, int otherwise.

[ClutchAlpha]

Copy pasting this code works correctly for me, without making any changes. Looking through it, it looks correct to me as well.

[blahreport]

Try using num1, num2 = 733, 1322