Question

This code is giving no error but is not printing my "goal." Which is to print a year of highschool when a number is input. Instead the code is only printing "Not in High School" every time, every number. Can someone please explain to me what I did wrong?

grade_number = input("What year of high school are you in? ")


if grade_number == 9:

print("Freshman")


elif grade_number == 10:

print("Sophomore")


elif grade_number == 11:

print("Junior")


elif grade_number == 12:

print("Senior")


else:

print("Not in High School")

Answer 1

You must convert your input to an integer before the if statements.

Step-by-step explanation:

input() returns a string, which should be converted to your desired type, OR you should compare against string literals.

See below for working code.