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Python Python Basics Types and Branching Comparisons

Posted by mustafa alfakeeh
mustafa alfakeeh
374 Points

why is it` not working right? the if stetment does not work when i put mustafa

name = input("what is your name  ").upper()
print ('Hello',name)

if name=='mustafa' or name=='mustafa':
    print('hello {} have nice day'.format('Mustafa'))
else:
    print('Hello {} let\'s be a friend'.format(name))


print ('you goona be  all right ')

3 Answers

Austin Lester
PLUS
Austin Lester
Courses Plus Student 11,272 Points
Austin Lester
Austin Lester
Courses Plus Student 11,272 Points

Hello Mustafa,

Your if statement is checking to see if your input is equal to 'mustafa'. When you add 'upper()' to your input you are changing it to 'MUSTAFA' so your print statement inside the if statement is not run. 'mustafa' is not equal to 'MUSTAFA'. See code below.

name = input("What is your name?").upper()

print('Hello, ' + name.title())

if name == 'MUSTAFA':
    print('Hello {} have a nice day'.format(name.title()))
else:
    print("Hello {} let's be a friend".format(name.title()))

print('You gonna be all right')
Timothy Villaraza
Timothy Villaraza
394 Points
Timothy Villaraza
Timothy Villaraza
394 Points

On line 3, is there any particular reason why you wrote

print('Hello, ' + name.title())

instead of

print("Hello,", name.title())

They gave the same output, however I don't know if you were following Mustafa's format, using your own formatting preference, or following snake case.

Austin Lester
PLUS
Austin Lester
Courses Plus Student 11,272 Points
Austin Lester
Austin Lester
Courses Plus Student 11,272 Points

No there really wasn't any particular reason. I just typically don't think about doing it with a comma. I do like that way better now.

Hrithik Sharma
Hrithik Sharma
6,090 Points
Hrithik Sharma
Hrithik Sharma
6,090 Points

I updated your code little bit see if you can find your error https://teamtreehouse.com/workspaces/38275112#