Why is .append not adding string to the list?

Question

I am trying to make a menu (only 25% complete as of now) and whenever I input a number for example 3, the list z outputs a value of z = ['']

print("Welcome to Kushagra's Pizzeria!")
z = []
a = ""
print('''
Please select a size-
                      1.Small
                      2.Medium
                      3.Large
''')
y = input("-->")
if y == 1:
    a = "Small"
elif y == 2:
    a = "Medium"
elif y == 3:
    a = "Large"
z.append(a)
print(z)

```input``` returns a string so you need to either change ```y == "1"``` or ```y = int(input())``` — Joshua Nixon, Nov 08 '19 at 15:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 08 '19 at 15:44

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You either convert the input to int or look for the string value

y == "1"

or

int(input("-->"))

edited Nov 08 '19 at 15:44

quamrana

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '19 at 16:49

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input() returns a string. you need to convert it to an integer by calling the int method

y = int(input("-->"))

edited Nov 08 '19 at 16:49

quamrana

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Why is .append not adding string to the list?

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