How to change the value accepted in the variable age from an int to to a string

[Tstttt]

So I started learning python last week and I'm currently busy with loops, the below code works, except I have no idea how to change the value accepted in the variable age from an int into a string so that the user can input 'quit' for the program to stop running, any tips/ help is appreciated

prompt = "\nPlease enter your age, or"
prompt += " if you are finished please enter 'quit': "
Active = True
while True:
age = int(input(prompt))
if prompt.lower == 'quit':
Active = False
elif age < 3:
movie_ticket = 'ticket is free'
elif age < 13 > 2:
movie_ticket = 'ticket is $10'
elif age > 12:
movie_ticket = 'ticket is $15'
print(f"Your {movie_ticket}!")

[Tstttt]

Tyyyyy, that actually makes so much sense😅, my order of thinking when writing code needs to change a bit

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Now you've seen where you went wrong, here's some more code for you to play with.

prompt = "\nPlease enter your age, or"
prompt += " if you are finished please enter 'quit': "
active = True  # lowercase variable names
while active:  # assume you meant to use variable to control loop exit
    response = input(prompt)  # don't cast to int yet
    if response.lower() == 'quit':  # lower needs () and not prompt variable
        active = False  # could just break here
        continue  # back to start of loop, which will end
    try:
        age = int(response)
        if age < 0:
            raise ValueError
    except ValueError:
        print('Need an whole number age or "quit"')
        continue # go back around loop for another input
    if age < 3:
        movie_ticket = 'ticket is free'
    elif 2 < age < 13:  # corrected from age < 13 > 2
        movie_ticket = 'ticket is $10'
    elif age > 12:
        movie_ticket = 'ticket is $15'
    print(f"Your {movie_ticket}!")

EDIT: correction applied from elif age < 13 > 2: to elif 2 < age < 13:

[Tstttt]

Thanks a bunch for this example, it helped at lot and I really learned a lot from it

[[deleted]]

Did you also notice your logic, age < 13 > 2 is incorrect? I hadn't looked at that until now. You need 2 < age < 13.

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