printing out the contents aftre subprocess.call()

[Rakshan]

I am facing a scenario where in I need to execute a jar based on user parameters. I have replicated the scenario here as below :

import subprocess

a = input('Enter either 2 or 3:')

value = int(a)
if a == 2:
    p1 = subprocess.run(['java', '-jar', 'SimpleClient.jar', '-info'], capture_output=True)
    print(p1.stdout.decode())

else:
    p1 = subprocess.run(['java', '-jar', 'SimpleClient.jar'], capture_output=True)
    print(p1.stdout.decode())


print('-----------stdout---------------------')



print('-----------code---------------------')
print(p1.returncode)

What I observe is that the print function does not execute. I expect it to show different results based on my entry.

Error:
Enter either 2 or 3: 2

-----------stdout---------------------
-----------code---------------------
0

I had a doubt if p1 is only within the if and else scope. I put the print stattements even inside those clauses. But that does not help either.

Could anyone guide me here?