help me i am trying to create an program where we enter our age and it will reply us that we are eligible for voting or not but

Question

a=input('enter your age to check your eligibiity:')
print (a)
if a>=18:
print('Congratulations! You are eligible for voting.')
else:
print('Sorry ! You cannot vote')

Answer 1

Use int(input())

Answer 2

age=int(input('your age:'))
def eligibility (x) :
if x>=18:
print ("you can vote")
else:
print ("you can't vote")

eligibility(age)

Answer 3

Thanks madie