Python not finding item in list

Question

I am just trying out some basic functionality in Python, and this is the entire script that I wrote:

a = [5, 3, 6, 9, 7, 8]
x = input()
print(x in a)


        

Answer 1

In Python 3.x, the function input() returns a string. Since the list a contains integers, you have to convert the input to int:

x = int(input())

Answer 2

Cast the input to int. input() always returns a string

x = int(input())