Pyhon begginer help

[the ginger gamer]

name = str(input("Hello, what is your name?"))

print ("Hello "+name)

question = str(input("Please press: 1 for multiplication, 2 for addition, 3 for division, or 4 for subtraction."))

#<---singular loop--->

mult = 1 

if mult:

    print ("Ok let's do some multiplication.")

    num1 = int(input("Number 1: "))

    num2 = int(input("Number 2: "))

    print ("So your numbers are: ",(num1),(num2)) 

    print ("Here is your answer:")

    print (num1 * num2)    

else:

    print ("Sorry please try one of the listed numbers.")

add = 2

if add:

    print ("Ok let's do some addition.")

    num3 = int(input("Number 1: "))

    num4 = int(input("Number 4: "))

    print ("So your numbers are: ", (num3), (num4))

    print ("Here is your answer:")

    print (num3 + num4)

else:

    print ("Sorry please try one of the listed numbers.") 

 

 

Ok so i have recently began using python and am trying to allow the user to enter in a number(either 1,2,3, or 4) and then based off of what number was entered have the corresponding math type to open. I think the code itself will probably explain what i am trying to do. Anyway my issue is when i get to the part when it asks for a number and i enter 1 for multiplication, multiplication opens like it is supposed to, but if i enter in 2 for addition multiplication still opens. Infact no mater what i enter the multiplication opens. Ugh i cant figure this out someone please help!

[Enderman]

what you are doing by saying "mult=1" is setting mult to True

this means when you do "if mult" you are basically doing "if True" and since its always true it will always run

 

if you want to check for an input value you can just do "if question==1" and "if question==2"

 

here is a version of your code that should work:

name = str(input("Hello, what is your name?"))print ("Hello "+name)question = int(input("Please press: 1 for multiplication, 2 for addition, 3 for division, or 4 for subtraction."))#<---singular loop---> if question==1:    print ("Ok let's do some multiplication.")    num1 = int(input("Number 1: "))    num2 = int(input("Number 2: "))    print ("So your numbers are: ",(num1),(num2))     print ("Here is your answer:")    print (num1 * num2)     elif question==2:    print ("Ok let's do some addition.")    num3 = int(input("Number 1: "))    num4 = int(input("Number 4: "))    print ("So your numbers are: ", (num3), (num4))    print ("Here is your answer:")    print (num3 + num4)else:    print ("Sorry please try one of the listed numbers.") 

[spenser_l]

I'm not familiar with Python, but your condition is checking the variable mult (which is 1, so true), not the input, so it's going to always execute the mult if block. Also, edit your post using the code formatting (the blue <> symbol) like this:

print("Hello World")

[the ginger gamer]

 

what you are doing by saying "mult=1" is setting mult to True

this means when you do "if mult" you are basically doing "if True" and since its always true it will always run

 

if you want to check for an input value you can just do "if question==1" and "if question==2"

 

here is a version of your code that should work:

name = str(input("Hello, what is your name?"))print ("Hello "+name)question = int(input("Please press: 1 for multiplication, 2 for addition, 3 for division, or 4 for subtraction."))#<---singular loop---> if question==1:    print ("Ok let's do some multiplication.")    num1 = int(input("Number 1: "))    num2 = int(input("Number 2: "))    print ("So your numbers are: ",(num1),(num2))     print ("Here is your answer:")    print (num1 * num2)     elif question==2:    print ("Ok let's do some addition.")    num3 = int(input("Number 1: "))    num4 = int(input("Number 4: "))    print ("So your numbers are: ", (num3), (num4))    print ("Here is your answer:")    print (num3 + num4)else:    print ("Sorry please try one of the listed numbers.") 

I actually ended up figureing it out while waiting for a response, although my is different. Thank you very much for your answer, i love being able to ask questions on here of any sort and get a reliable answer. Anyway this is what i did:

 

 

name = str(input("Hello, what is your name?"))

print ("Hello "+name)

question = str(input("Please press: 1 for multiplication, 2 for addition, 3 for division, or 4 for subtraction. Please press enter and be ready to make your decision."))

#<---singular loop--->

usr_input = input("Input: ")

while (usr_input != '1') and (usr_input != '2'):

    usr_input = input("Input: ")

if usr_input == '1':

    print ("Ok let's do some multiplication!")

    num1 = int(input("Number 1: "))

    num2 = int(input("Number 2: "))

    print ("You entered: "),(num1),(num2)

    print (num1 * num2)

else:

    print ("Please enter a valid number.")

if usr_input == '2':

    print ("Ok let's do some addition.")

    num3 = int(input("Number 1: "))

    num4 = int(input("Number 4: "))

    print ("So your numbers are: ", (num3), (num4))

    print ("Here is your answer:")

    print (num3 + num4)

else:

    print ("Sorry please try one of the listed numbers.") 

[Enderman]

 

I actually ended up figureing it out while waiting for a response, although my is different. Thank you very much for your answer, i love being able to ask questions on here of any sort and get a reliable answer. Anyway this is what i did:

yup that works too

and you only need one "else", it should be at the end of all the if statements

 

you are currently using two "if"s but you should be doing "if" then "elif" and finishing with "else"

[olbaze]

 

I actually ended up figureing it out while waiting for a response, although my is different. Thank you very much for your answer, i love being able to ask questions on here of any sort and get a reliable answer. Anyway this is what i did:

 

 

name = str(input("Hello, what is your name?"))

print ("Hello "+name)

question = str(input("Please press: 1 for multiplication, 2 for addition, 3 for division, or 4 for subtraction. Please press enter and be ready to make your decision."))

#<---singular loop--->

usr_input = input("Input: ")

while (usr_input != '1') and (usr_input != '2'):

    usr_input = input("Input: ")

if usr_input == '1':

    print ("Ok let's do some multiplication!")

    num1 = int(input("Number 1: "))

    num2 = int(input("Number 2: "))

    print ("You entered: "),(num1),(num2)

    print (num1 * num2)

else:

    print ("Please enter a valid number.")

if usr_input == '2':

    print ("Ok let's do some addition.")

    num3 = int(input("Number 1: "))

    num4 = int(input("Number 4: "))

    print ("So your numbers are: ", (num3), (num4))

    print ("Here is your answer:")

    print (num3 + num4)

else:

    print ("Sorry please try one of the listed numbers.") 

 

 

Your code is a bit redundant, since you have two if's, each with an essentially identical else clause. Go from

if usr_input == '1':else:if usr_input == '2':else:

to the following:

if usr_input == '1':elif usr_input == '2':else:

Also, you ask for an input with the name question, but never use it. And since I'm on that, there's no need to turn an input into string, use raw_input instead, which you should use anyway instead of input.