Forum Thread: Python Beginner Scripting?

Not really 0 scripting experience. It very minimal

Thanks, how come there's 2 == not 1? And after the 4 you put : ?

One equal sign is used to assign variables. If you are comparing things, you use two.

While using a conditional statement, the equal operator is two equal (=) signs

Ok thanks man :D 1 more question and I promise it'll be my last, how do I make it if he gets it right it moves on to what's 2 + 3 and if it's wrong it repeats the same question

The easiest way would probably be a while loop. It is as follows (this is only pseudo-code)

Also, questions are fully welcome! Feel free to ask more!

Alright thanks man your awesome I'll try it and see how it goes :D

Keep in mind that you are asking the user for a string value and than comparing it with a numeric value. To get rid of errors.

Change:
If y = 4: print ("great job")
To:
If int(y) == 4: print ("great job")

Hope This Helps!

• Cameron

I totally forgot about that!

What does int mean?

Int stands for integer. Meaning any whole number.
Example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Here are some others in python to help you out:

Str stands for string. Meaning any line(s) of text within quotes ""

Example: "The big brown fox jumped over the lazy dragon."

Float stands for float. Meaning any fraction of a number.

Example: 1.5, 3.14, 8.2

One thing that many beginners have a lot of trouble with is boolean values.

You can specify a boolean by typing bool() and in between the parentheses a true or false statement. Here is a line of python code that will print the boolean value, true.

print bool(2+2==4)
(keep in mind that the double '=' sign means is equal to, and a single equals sign assigns values to variables.)

The outcome of this statement will print:

True

I hope this helps quite a bit!

• Cameron

thanks man youre awesome, everyone that helped me out is awesome !

x = rawinput (" whats your name: ")
print (" hey how are you " + x)

y = rawinput ("whats 2+2")
if (int)y == 4: print (" great job ")

keeps saying syntax error and highlighting the y

try if int (y), than (int) y

yayay !!! it worked

First off, I am pretty sure rawinput is no longer supported in Python 3.4 Just use input to make things simpler.

name = input ("what is your name?") #It's better to make your variables mean something, which becomes useful for when you are dealing with large chunks of code

Print ("nice to meet you" + name) #prints the string and the variable
question = input ("What is 2+2?") #asks user input
if int(question) == 4: #if the input is an integer that is exactly 4, it continues
(indent this) print("Correct!") #prints correct
else:
(indent)print("Wrong")

Hope I helped some.