Numeric comparison with user input always produces “not equal” result

Question

I want to get a number input by the user via input() and compare it with a specific value, i.e., 3.

However, I have the impression my if statem

Answer 1

Some things you could do on your own to get to the root of the problem:

Ways to get to know the type of the object:

print(type(start)) # prints 
print(repr(start)) # prints '3'

Unlike Python 2.x, the function input() returns a string object (and does not blindly evaluate the expression provided by the user):

input([prompt]):

If the prompt argument is present, it is written to standard output without a trailing newline. The function then reads a line from input, converts it to a string (stripping a trailing newline), and returns that. [...]

This should give an idea how to fix it (compare numbers to numbers).

For further reading:

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#input
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#type
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#repr
• How does Python compare string and int?
• Asking the user for input until they give a valid response