Question

I’m working on a program that asks the user to pick one of two caves to enter. User may pick either cave 1 or cave 2. That number is compared to the answer (generated by random.randint (1,2)). If the user’s choice is equal to the answer, he wins; else, he loses. The issue is that the program never branches to the win condition. No matter what choice user makes, he always loses. I’ve tried debugging but I cannot see the variable comparison values between caveAnswer and caveChoice.

def gameCore (name):
    print ('You stand before the entrances of two caves.')
    print ('Choose a cave, either cave 1 or cave 2.')
    print ( )


    caveAnswer = random.randint (1,2)
    caveChoice = input ('Enter either 1 or 2. ')


    if caveAnswer == caveChoice:  [# I suspect the problem occurs at this comparison]
        print ('You enter the black mouth of the cave and...')
        time.sleep (1)
        print ( )
        print ('You find a hill of shining gold coins!')
        playAgain (name)

    else:
        print ('You enter the black mouth of the cave and...')
        time.sleep(1)
        print ( ) 
        print ('A wave of yellow-orange fire envelopes you. You\'re toast.')
        playAgain (name)

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

caveChoice = int(input ('Enter either 1 or 2. '))

You should also make it so that it’ll try again if it’s not an int.