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Why doesn't this work? - Saladrang - Apr-16-2018
import time
file = open("login.txt","r")
TrueUsername = file.readline(1)
TruePassword = file.readline(2)
print("Log in")
time.sleep(0.5)
Username1 = input("Username:")
Password1 = input("Password:")
if Username1 == TrueUsername and Password1 == TruePassword:
print("Welcome.")
else:
print("Try again.")
file.close()---Whenever I write the correct password and username on the .txt file it prints "Try again."
RE: Why doesn't this work? - j.crater - Apr-16-2018
Please put your code in Python code tags, you can find help here.
RE: Why doesn't this work? - Saladrang - Apr-16-2018
There you go.
RE: Why doesn't this work? - vervoortraf - Apr-16-2018
you should use configparser.
WAY easier :)
RE: Why doesn't this work? - woooee - Apr-16-2018
If you print your variables, you will find that the variables created by readline() contain a newline at the end, and the variables created by input do not, so they will never be equal. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/file_readline.htm
RE: Why doesn't this work? - IAMK - Apr-17-2018
Hence, going off woooee's comment, you need to split the readline to remove the newline.
Try something like:
TrueUsername = file.readline(1).split('\n')[0]If ^ doesn't work, then do:
TrueUsername = file.readline(1).split('\n')
if Username1 == TrueUsername[0]