Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses

[C. N. Desrosiers]

Muchas gracias!

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:35:18 AM UTC-4, Fábio Santos wrote:
> You have to convert `age` to an integer. Use int() to do it. Then you can compare it to other numbers and obtain the expected results.
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> On 22 May 2013 07:29, "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesr... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> 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.
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> When I run the below code, it always ends up printing response to "if age > 18:" -- even if I enter a value below 18.
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> Can anyone point me to what I am doing wrong?  Many thanks in advance.
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> age=raw_input('Enter your age: ')
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> if age > 18:
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>     print ('Wow, %s. You can buy cigarettes.' % age)
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> else:
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>     print ('You are a young grasshopper.')
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