Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses

[Kevin Xi]

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:23:15 PM UTC+8, C. N. Desrosiers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
Hi,
> 
> I'm just starting out with Python and to practice I am trying to write a script that can have a simple conversation with the user.
> 
So you may want to search the doc before you ask: http://docs.python.org
> 
> When I run the below code, it always ends up printing response to "if age > 18:" -- even if I enter a value below 18.
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone point me to what I am doing wrong?  Many thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
> age=raw_input('Enter your age: ')
> 
> if age > 18:
> 
>     print ('Wow, %s. You can buy cigarettes.' % age)
> 
> else:
> 
>     print ('You are a young grasshopper.')

You can either use `raw_input` to read data and convert it to right type, or use `input` to get an integer directly. Read this: http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#raw_input
http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#input

                                                                     Kevin