Problem with getting the output expected in Python

Question

salary = int(input("How much is your salary: "))
saving = int(input("How much is your saving: "))
if (salary<30000) or (saving<4000):
    print("You are eligible to get free ticket.")
    choice = input("Do you need some help? ")
    if choice == "yes" or "yeah" or "y":
        print("Well then congrats! You get a free ticket.")
    elif choice == "no" or "nope" or "n":
        print("Thank you for answering. ")
else:
    print("Proceed ahead!!")

So here when I enter yes or no I am not getting the answer I am expecting based on the conditions. Can anybody tell me the reason, please? Thank you.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '20 at 17:31

You need to specify every condition when comparing strings in python. Use the following code.

salary = int(input("How much is your salary: "))
saving = int(input("How much is your saving: "))
if (salary<30000) or (saving<4000):
    print("You are eligible to get free ticket.")
    choice = input("Do you need some help? ")
    if choice == "yes" or choice == "yeah" or choice == "y":
        print("Well then congrats! You get a free ticket.")
    elif choice == "no" or choice == "nope" or choice == "n":
        print("Thank you for answering. ")
else:
    print("Proceed ahead!!")

If you do print("yes") it just prints the string. But if you do print(choice == "yes") prints out True. Which is what you need when doing if statements.

Please don't answer endless duplicates. – jonrsharpe Apr 04 '20 at 17:34 — jonrsharpe, Apr 04 '20 at 17:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '20 at 17:34

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You have mistakes at the if statement. It should be:

if choice == "yes" or choice == "yeah" or choice == "y"

or

if choice in ['yes', 'yeah', 'y']

answered Apr 04 '20 at 17:34

Binh

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Please don't answer endless duplicates. – jonrsharpe Apr 04 '20 at 17:34
While I'm typing the answer, how do I know that someone already had the answer like me? – Binh Apr 04 '20 at 17:35
Thanks for the help – Prabin Bhandari Apr 04 '20 at 17:37
I don't mean don't post duplicate answers, that's sometimes hard to avoid, I mean don't answer questions that are duplicates. – jonrsharpe Apr 04 '20 at 17:39
oops, sorry, at the moment I answered it, I didn't know it's duplicated – Binh Apr 04 '20 at 17:49

Problem with getting the output expected in Python

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