Input wont work with if statement if it has a space

[eli m]

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:47:31 PM UTC-8, emile wrote:
> On 03/05/2013 03:33 PM, eli m wrote:
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> > On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:31:13 PM UTC-8, eli m wrote:
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> >> Hi guys, i have a program like this: (A lot of code is not included)
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> >> run = 0
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> >> while run == 0:
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> >>     function = raw_input("Type in a function:")
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> >>     if function == "Example":
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> whenever function isn't _exactly_ "Example" the else clause executes.
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> If you want to catch forms of example you might try:
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>      if function.strip().upper() == "EXAMPLE":
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> Emile
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> >>        print ("Hello World!")
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> >>     else:
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> >>        print ("blah blah blah")
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> >> The problem is that whenever i type in example with a space after it then it prints the else statement.
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> >> My question is, how do i get it to except input with spaces?
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> > oops i meant function = raw_input("Type in a function:")
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Thank you!