How can I exclude an input(plz see disc.)

Question

Hi.
So I was trying to write a code and I noticed a problem.. It was something like this.
X = input("")
Y = input("")
Z = input("")

If x == a:
Print("y" + "z")

elif x == b :
Print ("y")

So if I take x==b it will show an error..
Is there some way to exclude z when not needed.
If there is please let me know
Thanks😃

Answer 1

Because you are asking for all three inputs first, the expectation is you will input something for each of them.

You could make your inputs conditional, for example:

This is pseudocode not real python code:

x = input("")

if x == a:
y = input("")
z = input("")
print("y" + "z")
elif x == b:
y = input("")
print(y)

EDIT don't forget if you're testing this in CodePlayground you need to put each input on a separate line, e.g:

a
hello
world

or:

b
hello