Question

This is part of a bigger problem, but I’m having some problems with this if/elif function.

def fish():
    import random   

    score = 0

    i = random.randint(0,39)

    if i == [0,19]:
        print("You caught nothing!")
    elif i == [20,39]:
        print("You caught a Minnow! +10 points.")
        score += 10
    print(i)
    print(score)
fish()

When I run this, all I get is the randint number, and 0 for the score. I’m not exactly sure what I’m doing wrong here.

Answer 1

You’re comparing an integer to a list.

To do what you’re trying to do, here’s one way:

if i in range(0, 20):
    print("You caught nothing!")
elif i in range(20, 40):
    print("You caught a Minnow! +10 points.")
    score += 10