My Decision says No, but I typed the right answer!

Q: My Decision says No, but I typed the right answer!

== checks for an exact match. When someone types 7, B4Coder keeps it as the number 7, so compare with answer == 7, not answer == "7". Text must match exactly too, capitals and all: "Red" is not "red". Use lower(answer) == "red" to accept Red, RED and red.

== checks for an exact match. When someone types 7, B4Coder keeps it as the number 7, so compare with answer == 7, not answer == "7".

Text must match exactly too, capitals and all: "Red" is not "red". Use lower(answer) == "red" to accept Red, RED and red.

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Start
Ask “What colour is the sky?” and store the answer in answer
Is lower(answer) == "blue" true?
Yes →
1. Tell "Correct!"
No →
1. Tell "Not quite."
End

You typeBLUEIt showsCorrect!

You typeBlueIt showsCorrect!

You typegreenIt showsNot quite.

1answer = input("What colour is the sky? ")2if answer.lower() == "blue":3    print("Correct!")4else:5    print("Not quite.")

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