Python only recognizing variables

Question

I have an "if" statement and yet it only recognizes what it equals as a variable. Don't really know how to explain it very well but here's an example

a = input("Hello! What is your name?")                                                        
if a == Gabe_Newell :                                                                         
    print ("Hello, Gaben!")

Can you explain better? I do not understand.

Ulrich Thomas Gabor
– Ulrich Thomas Gabor

2014-03-26 00:15:54 +00:00
Commented Mar 26, 2014 at 0:15 — Ulrich Thomas Gabor
– Ulrich Thomas Gabor, Commented Mar 26, 2014 at 0:15

Ruben Bermudez · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-25 23:57:36Z

4

You have to compare with a string:

a = input("Hello! What is your name?")
if a == "Gabe_Newell":
    print ("Hello, Gaben!")

this code works for python3, if using python2, write:

a = raw_input("Hello! What is your name?")
if a == "Gabe_Newell":
    print ("Hello, Gaben!")

I assume that you want to say Hello, Gaben when user input Gabe_Nawell

answered Mar 25, 2014 at 23:57

Ruben Bermudez

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