On Tue, 21 May 2013 23:52:30 -0700, Kevin Xi wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:23:15 PM UTC+8, C. N. Desrosiers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
> Hi,
>>
>> I'm just starting out with Python and to practice I am trying to write
>> a script that can have a simple conversation with the user.
>>
> So you may want to search the doc before you ask: http://docs.python.org
>>
>> When I run the below code, it always ends up printing response to "if
>> age > 18:" -- even if I enter a value below 18.
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone point me to what I am doing wrong? Many thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> age=raw_input('Enter your age: ')
>>
>> if age > 18:
>>
>> print ('Wow, %s. You can buy cigarettes.' % age)
>>
>> else:
>>
>> print ('You are a young grasshopper.')
>
> You can either use `raw_input` to read data and convert it to right
> type, or use `input` to get an integer directly. Read this:
> http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#raw_input
> http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#input
>
>
Kevin
Please write out 1000 time (without using any form of loop)
"NEVER use input in python <3.0 it is EVIL"*
as Chris A point out it executes user input an can cause major damage
(reformatting the hard disk is not impossible!)
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