> operator in Python gives different results while using integers

Asked Sep 28 '15 at 07:42

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I'm trying to print the greatest number here.

Python version 3.4.2. Also tried in 3.5.0.

a = input("A...")
b = input("B...")
if a>b:
    print(a)
else:
    print(b)

Results:

A...5
B...43

========= RESTART =========

A...4
B...44

========= RESTART =========

A...5
B...44

edited Sep 28 '15 at 10:21

Yaroslav Admin

asked Sep 28 '15 at 07:42

amvee

5

You're comparing strings, not numbers. Python 3's `input()` returns strings. – Frédéric Hamidi Sep 28 '15 at 07:44
You don't have integers, you have strings. – Martijn Pieters Sep 28 '15 at 07:44
convert these strings to integers before comparing `a = int(a); b = int(b)` – mohan3d Sep 28 '15 at 07:44
that helped! thank you all – amvee Sep 28 '15 at 07:48

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