DICE ROLL

[Gurpinder]

So I just started coding and this is probably a stupid mistake but i wrote this code:

print("would you like to roll the dice?")
input('enter answer')
yes="yes"
no="no"
if "yes":
    from random import randint
    print(randint(0,6))
elif "no":
    print("error")

so my problem is that when i type no i want the output to be error, but instead it still spits out a number, and i have no idea how to fix it.

[rproffitt]

While there's so much wrong with that code, I'll ignore everything and ask what tutorial or classes left you with such an app. Do tell.

http://www.python-course.eu/input.php shows the correct use of input() and yours needs to be fixed.

Read https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/435023/read-this-before-posting-a-question before you post again.

[zeveq]

Agree with rproffitt. There are some excellent tutorials out there which teach the basics carefully and efficiently - at this stage invest effort in figuring out from those what your errors are, you'll learn more deeply that way anyway. I quite like an app called Sololearn for that sort of thing.

[Gurpinder]

@rproffitt I just started learning yesterday, but i had downloaded this app about 4 months ago i believe it was off of reddit and someone reccomended it to me

[Gurpinder]

Just in case anyone is also wondering what the app is called it's PyCharm Edu

[Gribouillis]

The home site www.python.org has a special page for beginners with good links, you could perhaps start from here.

Concerning your specific code, without entering into details

• At line 2, input() returns a value: the user's answer. You're ignoring this value.
• At line 5, if expression is always true when expression is a non empty character string. Instead of testing the constant string "yes", your code should be testing whether the user's answer was yes.