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FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Pointsi have an sys.exit proble
when i run it, it say "didnt get an exit from 'start_movie'." what am i doing wrong?
import sys
user = input("do you want to start the movie?")
if user != "n" or "N":
print ("Enjoy the show")
else:
sys.exit()
2 Answers
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi there,
You need to do the full comparison, rather than just put a comparator in between the two options. Also, it should be an and comparator due to the negated equality test.
import sys
user = input("do you want to start the movie?")
if user != "n" and user != "N": // two comparisons
print("Enjoy the show!")
else:
sys.exit()
If you want to use or for whatever reason, negate the comparison separately:
import sys
user = input("do you want to start the movie?")
if not(user == "n" or user == "N"): // negate the or comparison
print("Enjoy the show!")
else:
sys.exit()
But, let's face it, doing as Sebastian suggested and dropping the input to lowercase makes much more sense:
import sys
user = input("do you want to start the movie?")
if user.lower() != "n":
print("Enjoy the show!")
else:
sys.exit()
I hope that helps.
Steve.
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Pointsyeah did help. thank you guys
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsGlad it helped. 
Sebastian Sõeruer
12,353 PointsSebastian Sõeruer
12,353 PointsFirst-
if user != "n" or "N":better code
if user.lower() != "n":