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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Exiting

Timothy Van Cauwenberge
Timothy Van Cauwenberge
8,958 Points
Posted by Timothy Van Cauwenberge
Timothy Van Cauwenberge
8,958 Points

Didn't get an exit from `start_movie`

How come I received this error and how should I fix it?

firedoor.py 
import sys

start_movie = input("Do you want to start the movie?")

if start_movie != ("n").lower():
    print("Enjoy the show!")
else:
    sys.exit()

1 Answer

Nate Sturgeon
Nate Sturgeon
2,255 Points
Nate Sturgeon
Nate Sturgeon
2,255 Points

You are close, but you've called .lower() on the wrong object to achieve the desired result. The way you've written your code, you are turning "n" into a lowercase n, which does nothing since it's already lowercase. You want to turn the variable you are comparing to "n" into a lowercase string before the comparison, so that if the user inputs "N", it gets converted to "n" and thus matches the if ... == "n": statement.