How do I put someone's input into a variable and gather info about the input and use it in an if statement?

Answer 1

Here's getting the answer to a simple yes/no question

answer = raw_input("Are you sure? > ")
if answer == "yes":
do_the_one_thing()
else;
do_the_other_thing()

Here's picking something from a list

print("1. First option")
print("2. Second option")
print("3. Third option")
print("4. Last option")
choice = raw_input("Please choose an option > ")
if choice == "1":
handle_first_option()
elif choice == "2":
handle_second_option()
elif choice == "3":
handle_third_option()
elif choice == "4":
handle_last_option()
else:
print("Unrecognized option. Please try again")

Answer 2

Okay thanks!

Answer 3

remember the part where the if statements have " " as an argument. if you take input as a string(default) then you must check it as a string.

chance=input("Pick a number")
if chance == "1":
True
if chance == 1:
False

You can get the input as an integer however.

chance=int(input("Pick a number"))
if chance == "1":
False
if chance == 1:
True