Question

I am starting to learn python. I have gone through several tutorials and now I am trying to write my first script. It is a simple console menu. I am running Python 2.6.5 under cygwin.

Here is my script:

import sys

print "********************************************************************"
print "**  1) This is menu choice #1                                     **"
print "**                                                                **"
print "**                                                                **"
print "**                                                                **"
print "**                                                                **"
print "**                                                                **"
print "********************************************************************"
print
print "Choice ?"

choice = sys.stdin.readline()

print "You entered: " + choice

if choice == 1:
    choice1 = sys.stdin.readline()
    print "You entered:" + choice1
else:
    quit()

print "Exiting"

When I run the script, I get to the Choice? prompt. I enter 1 and I get the “You entered:” message and then the script exits without displaying the “Exiting” message.

Seems like it should be so easy. Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

You’re comparing a string to an integer. Try converting the string into an integer:

if int(choice.strip()) == 1: