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Mixed string,Integer input variable issue - maderdash - Nov-06-2018
The issue I am having is that when I input a number [1-3] It is accepted but I can not get it to be viewed as a variable.
So it will print "Line_2" but it will not activate "Line_2" and print "Choice_B" which is what I need it to do.
Now this of course just a test script for a much bigger script, but It is failing just the same way.
If I replace [print(Line_2)] then the output is"Choice_B" as it should be. So I must be missing a conversion in the variables.
Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Line_1 = "Choice_C" # I would like to choose one of these lines
Line_2 = "Choice_B" # I would like to choose one of these lines
Line_3 = "Choice_A" # I would like to choose one of these lines
line = input("pick a line number:") # I would enter the number 1-3
line = int(line) # I wastrying to change this to an interger.
print("line_" + str(line)) # then I tried changeing it to a string.
# This is the output when running
pick a line number: 2
line_2
The issue is I need the printed output to say: Choice_B
When I select number 2.
RE: Mixed string,Integer input variable issue - Gribouillis - Nov-06-2018
Use a list instead of names containing numbers
choices = ['Choice_C', 'Choice_B', 'Choice_A'] ... print(choices[line-1])
RE: Mixed string,Integer input variable issue - snippsat - Nov-06-2018
Other option is to make a dictionary,can just use your code and add
dict().Also showing
f-string so can avoid code like "line_" + str(line).# Make dictionary
line_record = dict(
Line_1 = "Choice_C",
Line_2 = "Choice_B",
Line_3 = "Choice_A",
)
line = input("pick a line number: ")
result = line_record.get(line, 'No record of that input')
print(result)
print('--------------')
# Example of f-string
print(f'Input was <{line}> with result of <{result}>')Output:λ python line_code.py
pick a line number: Line_2
Choice_B
--------------
Input was <Line_2> with result of <Choice_B>
λ python line_code.py
pick a line number: Line1000
No record of that input
--------------
Input was <Line1000> with result of <No record of that input>