[Tutor] if statement

[Steven D'Aprano]

Matthew Brunt wrote:
> i'm very new to python (currently going through a python for beginners
> book at work to pass the time), and i'm having trouble with an if
> statement exercise.  basically, i'm creating a very simple password
> program that displays "Access Granted" if the if statement is true.
> the problem i'm having is that no matter what i set the password to,
> it seems like it's ignoring the if statement (and failing to print
> "Access Granted").  the code is copied below.  i'm pretty sure it's my
> own programming ignorance, but i would greatly appreciate any
> feedback.

More important than the exact solution to the problem is to learn how to 
solve this sort of problem:


> password = input("Enter your password: ")
> if password == "a":
>    print("Access Granted")

If this is not doing what you expect, you should see what password 
actually is:

print(password)

It might also help to print the repr() of password, in case there are 
any unexpected spaces or other characters:

print(repr(password))

Of course, if you're getting an error instead, then you should read the 
error message, and look at the full traceback, and see what it says.



-- 
Steven