Re: newbe question about Sting Comparison
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- Subject: [mg107043] Re: [mg107010] newbe question about Sting Comparison
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:13:07 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
The response to Input is interpreted as a Mathematica expression; not as a string unless you enter a string (using quotes). In your example, you entered the symbol yes and tested whether the symbol was equal to the string "yes". This was neither true nor false and you did not indicate what to do if uncertain (fourth argument to If]. Consequently, either test for the symbol yes or convert the input to a string prior to the test for "yes".
playAGame[] := Module[{car},
ans = Input["Would you like to play a game"];
Print[ans];
If[ans == "yes", "you answered yes",
"you did not answer yes", "I don't know"]]
playAGame[]
yes
I don't know
playAGame[] := Module[{car},
ans = Input["Would you like to play a game"];
Print[ans];
If[ans == yes, "you answered yes",
"you did not answer yes", "I don't know"]]
playAGame[]
yes
you answered yes
playAGame[] := Module[{car},
ans = ToString[Input["Would you like to play a game"]];
Print[ans];
If[ans == "yes", "you answered yes",
"you did not answer yes", "I don't know"]]
playAGame[]
yes
you answered yes
Bob Hanlon
---- "Biff. Bartolemew" <harrytuttle777 at mac.com> wrote:
=============
Hello,
I hope someone can help me out, and not laugh to hard at my stupidity,
but, I am trying write a little program
playAGame[] := Module[
{car},
ans = Input["Would you like to play a game"];
Print[ans];
If[ans == "yes", Print["you answered yes"],
Print["you did not answer yes"]
];
If[5 == 5, Print["You suck"], Print["You Rock"]];
]
The first If statement does not seem to be evaluated.
Yet, if I type:
"yes"=="yes", I get the answer I am looking for.
It seems like the string comparison is acting different in the middle of
the If statement. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
-Thanks