My if statement always does the not equal, even if the answer is equal

Question

It always turn out to print out "Sorry", even if the number is the same. Why doesn't this if statement work?

    import random

    high_number = input("What is the maximum number?\nExample(20): ")  
    print('0-{}'.format(high_number))  

    guess = input("Guess the number: ")  
    high_number = int(high_number)  

    value = random.randint(0, high_number)  

    if value != guess:  
       print("Sorry.")  
    elif value == guess:  
       print("Hurray!")

`input()` returns a string and you are comparing `int value` to `String guess` which is always false. Change `value!=guess` to `value!=high_number` and it should work. — Mathews Mathai, Apr 28 '18 at 18:34
Possible duplicate of [How can I read inputs as integers?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20449427/how-can-i-read-inputs-as-integers) — jwodder, Apr 28 '18 at 18:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '18 at 18:37

Issue: input() returns String and not int

input() returns a string and you are comparing int value to String guess which is always false. Change value!=guess to value!=high_number and it should work.

Use high_number which is the integer value of the String guess.

My if statement always does the not equal, even if the answer is equal

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