[Tutor] python

[Jack Trades]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:04 AM, je.rees e-mail <je.rees at virgin.net> wrote:

> I have made a small program but I would like to know how to write or. There
> is multiple choice answer.
> Good=raw_input("Good to hear")
> ok=raw_input("Good good")
> Bad=raw_input("Oh dear")
> I would only like the person using the program to be able to pick one.
>
> Thanks
>

You might want to try something like this...

def ask():
  ans = raw_input("Please enter (g)ood, (o)k or (b)ad: ")

  if ans == "g" or ans == "good":
    print "Good to hear"
  elif ans == "o" or ans == "ok":
    print "Good good"
  elif ans == "b" or ans == "bad":
    print "Oh dear"
  else:
    print "Incorrect choice"

ask()

And here's how it works...

>>> ask()
Please enter (g)ood, (o)k or (b)ad: b
Oh dear
>>> ask()
Please enter (g)ood, (o)k or (b)ad: o
Good good
>>> ask()
Please enter (g)ood, (o)k or (b)ad: ok
Good good

Or you could also use something a bit more general like this...

def ask(question, list_of_responses):
  ans = raw_input(question)
  return list_of_responses[int(ans)]

>>> ask("(0)Good (1)OK (2)Bad: ", ["Good to hear", "Good good", "Oh dear"])
(0)Good (1)OK (2)Bad: 0
'Good to hear'


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