Why is this happening (Python)???????

Question

So im currently making a simulator similar to LifeGame (https://code.sololearn.com/c3ZG1lFhdN3z/#py)

But instead it is with animals. Here is the link:
https://code.sololearn.com/c4zs050Tq0ih/#py

As you can see, at the bottom of the code there is a function that outputs a random message depending upon the gender. I printed that with the gender above, but it always outputs the male messages, even when it is female.

How do I go about getting it to show one of the female messages when the gender is female, and vice versa?

Thanks.

Answer 1

gender == "male" or "Male"

is evaluated as

(gender == "male") or ("Male")

in which "Male" as a string is always true. Same goes for the condition check for female. Instead, do

gender == "male" or gender == "Male"

or even better, just downcase gender and compare it with "male" or "female".

Answer 2

Hatsy Rei

Sorry lol I have another question:

I added a second function to the code choosing the home of the user. In the function I defined the variable home, yet a NameError outputs and it says home isnt defined. Maybe it is something im overlooking but I cant figure it out!

Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out.

Answer 3

Thank you Hatsy Rei, I never knew about that!