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Python Python Basics Types and Branching Use an if

Posted by Christiian Allen
Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 Points

How do I ask to check if someone likes blue?

What if statement do I use?

branching.py 
favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color?  ")
    favorite_color == "blue"
Print("You must love the sky")

2 Answers

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

You need to test if favorite_color is blue:

if favorite_color == 'blue':
    print("You must love the sky")
Christiian Allen
Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 Points

Thank You for you help!

Fazal Ali
Fazal Ali
2,310 Points
Fazal Ali
Fazal Ali
2,310 Points

You would use what's called an IF conditional statement. In essence, it works just like in the English language. Eg: "If they have cakes at the store, I will get two." The if statement works when the condition given to it is true.

In your case, you would use the condition to see if the input variable is the same as the string "blue".

favorite_food = input ("what is your favorite food?")
    favorite_food = "pizza"
if favorite_food == "pizza"
    print("You must love the big jay pizzeria down the street.")

Remember, you're using a two equal signs (== ). The two equal signs checks if the two things beside it are equal. The one equal sign (=) just assigns the value on the right to the variable on the left (a=10).

Christiian Allen
Christiian Allen
Courses Plus Student 859 Points

Thank You for your help!