I have two variables that I know are equal but my if statement does not recognise this?
This is my code:
bookings = ['blue,red', 'green,orange', 'yellow, purple']
number = 0
b = 0
c = 1
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'wt')
results_song =
for item in bookings:
words = bookings[number].split(',')
results_song.append(words[0])
results_song.append(words[1])
number = number + 1
results_song_str = 'n'.join(results_song)
print(results_song_str)
file_test.write(results_song_str)
file_test.close()
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'r')
line = file_test.readlines()
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
answer = input('If first word is then what is the second word')
if answer == line_2:
print('correct')
else:
print('wrong')
b = b + 2
c = c + 2
However the code will not recognise that answer is equal to line_2. I cannot figure out why this is happening. I have checked that c is the correct number and that line_2 is the same as answer. But I did notice that when I ran the code while printing answer and line_2 that this would return:
red
red
but I never put a new line feature in here.
Any help would be much appreciated as I need to use this code for a school assignment.
python python-3.x if-statement
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
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This is my code:
bookings = ['blue,red', 'green,orange', 'yellow, purple']
number = 0
b = 0
c = 1
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'wt')
results_song =
for item in bookings:
words = bookings[number].split(',')
results_song.append(words[0])
results_song.append(words[1])
number = number + 1
results_song_str = 'n'.join(results_song)
print(results_song_str)
file_test.write(results_song_str)
file_test.close()
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'r')
line = file_test.readlines()
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
answer = input('If first word is then what is the second word')
if answer == line_2:
print('correct')
else:
print('wrong')
b = b + 2
c = c + 2
However the code will not recognise that answer is equal to line_2. I cannot figure out why this is happening. I have checked that c is the correct number and that line_2 is the same as answer. But I did notice that when I ran the code while printing answer and line_2 that this would return:
red
red
but I never put a new line feature in here.
Any help would be much appreciated as I need to use this code for a school assignment.
python python-3.x if-statement
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
2
before your if statement,print(repr(answer), repr(line_2)), I suspect there is some whitespace not taken into account
– juanpa.arrivillaga
Nov 14 '18 at 18:22
1
[Minor Issue] In your first for loop, you're not usingitem, it becomes redundant. Use it instead ofbookings[number].
– TrebuchetMS
Nov 14 '18 at 18:23
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This is my code:
bookings = ['blue,red', 'green,orange', 'yellow, purple']
number = 0
b = 0
c = 1
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'wt')
results_song =
for item in bookings:
words = bookings[number].split(',')
results_song.append(words[0])
results_song.append(words[1])
number = number + 1
results_song_str = 'n'.join(results_song)
print(results_song_str)
file_test.write(results_song_str)
file_test.close()
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'r')
line = file_test.readlines()
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
answer = input('If first word is then what is the second word')
if answer == line_2:
print('correct')
else:
print('wrong')
b = b + 2
c = c + 2
However the code will not recognise that answer is equal to line_2. I cannot figure out why this is happening. I have checked that c is the correct number and that line_2 is the same as answer. But I did notice that when I ran the code while printing answer and line_2 that this would return:
red
red
but I never put a new line feature in here.
Any help would be much appreciated as I need to use this code for a school assignment.
python python-3.x if-statement
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
This is my code:
bookings = ['blue,red', 'green,orange', 'yellow, purple']
number = 0
b = 0
c = 1
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'wt')
results_song =
for item in bookings:
words = bookings[number].split(',')
results_song.append(words[0])
results_song.append(words[1])
number = number + 1
results_song_str = 'n'.join(results_song)
print(results_song_str)
file_test.write(results_song_str)
file_test.close()
file_test = open('test_1.txt' , 'r')
line = file_test.readlines()
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
answer = input('If first word is then what is the second word')
if answer == line_2:
print('correct')
else:
print('wrong')
b = b + 2
c = c + 2
However the code will not recognise that answer is equal to line_2. I cannot figure out why this is happening. I have checked that c is the correct number and that line_2 is the same as answer. But I did notice that when I ran the code while printing answer and line_2 that this would return:
red
red
but I never put a new line feature in here.
Any help would be much appreciated as I need to use this code for a school assignment.
python python-3.x if-statement
python python-3.x if-statement
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
edited Nov 14 '18 at 20:40
Alex Ganvir
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
asked Nov 14 '18 at 18:16
Alex GanvirAlex Ganvir
234
234
2
before your if statement,print(repr(answer), repr(line_2)), I suspect there is some whitespace not taken into account
– juanpa.arrivillaga
Nov 14 '18 at 18:22
1
[Minor Issue] In your first for loop, you're not usingitem, it becomes redundant. Use it instead ofbookings[number].
– TrebuchetMS
Nov 14 '18 at 18:23
add a comment |
2
before your if statement,print(repr(answer), repr(line_2)), I suspect there is some whitespace not taken into account
– juanpa.arrivillaga
Nov 14 '18 at 18:22
1
[Minor Issue] In your first for loop, you're not usingitem, it becomes redundant. Use it instead ofbookings[number].
– TrebuchetMS
Nov 14 '18 at 18:23
2
2
before your if statement,
print(repr(answer), repr(line_2)), I suspect there is some whitespace not taken into account– juanpa.arrivillaga
Nov 14 '18 at 18:22
before your if statement,
print(repr(answer), repr(line_2)), I suspect there is some whitespace not taken into account– juanpa.arrivillaga
Nov 14 '18 at 18:22
1
1
[Minor Issue] In your first for loop, you're not using
item, it becomes redundant. Use it instead of bookings[number].– TrebuchetMS
Nov 14 '18 at 18:23
[Minor Issue] In your first for loop, you're not using
item, it becomes redundant. Use it instead of bookings[number].– TrebuchetMS
Nov 14 '18 at 18:23
add a comment |
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Debugging by printing
# ...
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
print("Your Answer:", repr(answer))
print("Actual Answer:", repr(line_2))
# ...
gives
Your Answer: 'red'
Actual Answer: 'redn'
Aha! A sneaky newline character! Seems like when the program was reading text from the file and splitting the lines, it saved the newline character for you. How sweetly annoying. : |
To remove it, you can use the str.replace() method
# ...
for _ in range(len(bookings)): # I took the freedom to modify the loop conditions
line_1 = line[b].replace('n','')
line_2 = line[c].replace('n','')
# ...
or change the way lines are read from the file, manually splitting the lines using the str.split() method
# ...
with open('test_1.txt' , 'r') as file_test:
line = file_test.read().split('n')
for _ in range(len(bookings)):
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
# ...
Credit goes to @juanpa.arrivillaga for suggesting the use of repr() to check values.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:21
TrebuchetMSTrebuchetMS
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Debugging by printing
# ...
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
print("Your Answer:", repr(answer))
print("Actual Answer:", repr(line_2))
# ...
gives
Your Answer: 'red'
Actual Answer: 'redn'
Aha! A sneaky newline character! Seems like when the program was reading text from the file and splitting the lines, it saved the newline character for you. How sweetly annoying. : |
To remove it, you can use the str.replace() method
# ...
for _ in range(len(bookings)): # I took the freedom to modify the loop conditions
line_1 = line[b].replace('n','')
line_2 = line[c].replace('n','')
# ...
or change the way lines are read from the file, manually splitting the lines using the str.split() method
# ...
with open('test_1.txt' , 'r') as file_test:
line = file_test.read().split('n')
for _ in range(len(bookings)):
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
# ...
Credit goes to @juanpa.arrivillaga for suggesting the use of repr() to check values.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:21
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Debugging by printing
# ...
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
print("Your Answer:", repr(answer))
print("Actual Answer:", repr(line_2))
# ...
gives
Your Answer: 'red'
Actual Answer: 'redn'
Aha! A sneaky newline character! Seems like when the program was reading text from the file and splitting the lines, it saved the newline character for you. How sweetly annoying. : |
To remove it, you can use the str.replace() method
# ...
for _ in range(len(bookings)): # I took the freedom to modify the loop conditions
line_1 = line[b].replace('n','')
line_2 = line[c].replace('n','')
# ...
or change the way lines are read from the file, manually splitting the lines using the str.split() method
# ...
with open('test_1.txt' , 'r') as file_test:
line = file_test.read().split('n')
for _ in range(len(bookings)):
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
# ...
Credit goes to @juanpa.arrivillaga for suggesting the use of repr() to check values.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:21
TrebuchetMSTrebuchetMS
2,64811023
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Debugging by printing
# ...
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
print("Your Answer:", repr(answer))
print("Actual Answer:", repr(line_2))
# ...
gives
Your Answer: 'red'
Actual Answer: 'redn'
Aha! A sneaky newline character! Seems like when the program was reading text from the file and splitting the lines, it saved the newline character for you. How sweetly annoying. : |
To remove it, you can use the str.replace() method
# ...
for _ in range(len(bookings)): # I took the freedom to modify the loop conditions
line_1 = line[b].replace('n','')
line_2 = line[c].replace('n','')
# ...
or change the way lines are read from the file, manually splitting the lines using the str.split() method
# ...
with open('test_1.txt' , 'r') as file_test:
line = file_test.read().split('n')
for _ in range(len(bookings)):
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
# ...
Credit goes to @juanpa.arrivillaga for suggesting the use of repr() to check values.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:21
TrebuchetMSTrebuchetMS
2,64811023
Debugging by printing
# ...
for item in bookings:
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
print("Your Answer:", repr(answer))
print("Actual Answer:", repr(line_2))
# ...
gives
Your Answer: 'red'
Actual Answer: 'redn'
Aha! A sneaky newline character! Seems like when the program was reading text from the file and splitting the lines, it saved the newline character for you. How sweetly annoying. : |
To remove it, you can use the str.replace() method
# ...
for _ in range(len(bookings)): # I took the freedom to modify the loop conditions
line_1 = line[b].replace('n','')
line_2 = line[c].replace('n','')
# ...
or change the way lines are read from the file, manually splitting the lines using the str.split() method
# ...
with open('test_1.txt' , 'r') as file_test:
line = file_test.read().split('n')
for _ in range(len(bookings)):
line_1 = line[b]
line_2 = line[c]
# ...
Credit goes to @juanpa.arrivillaga for suggesting the use of repr() to check values.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:21
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edited Nov 14 '18 at 19:28
answered Nov 14 '18 at 19:21
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before your if statement,
print(repr(answer), repr(line_2)), I suspect there is some whitespace not taken into account– juanpa.arrivillaga
Nov 14 '18 at 18:22
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[Minor Issue] In your first for loop, you're not using
item, it becomes redundant. Use it instead ofbookings[number].– TrebuchetMS
Nov 14 '18 at 18:23