[Tutor] Trouble executing an if statement with a string from an input

[Timo]

On 18-04-11 05:11, Sylvia DeAguiar wrote:
>
> The code runs fine on python shell (from run module) but when I try to 
> execute the program from its file, it always prints out c, regardless 
> of the input. What is wrong? Thanks for any help :)
>
> x = input("a, b, or c:")
>
Enter a debug print statement here to see what 'x' really is:
print repr(x)

Cheers,
Timo

> if x == "a":
>
> print ("a")
>
> elif x == "b":
>
> print ("b")
>
> else:
>
> print ('c')
>
>
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