Python if statement not functioning

Question

print("Hello World")
myName = input("What is your name?")
myVar = input("Enter a number:")
if myName == "MZ" or myVar != 0:
    print("MZ is great")
elif myName == "MV":
    print("MV is ok")
else:
    print("Hello World")

No matter what I input as name myName or number myVar , it always prints MZ is great .

Please help. Thanks

Answer 1

First off, MZ is great!

This happens because of or myVar != 0 . Since input() returns a string (in Python 3) and you compare it to a number, myVar will never be equal to the number 0. You should do something like:

myVar = int(input("Enter a number:"))

You should probably also catch ValueError in case the user types a bad number.

Answer 2

Change

if(myName == "MZ" or myVar != 0)

to

if(myName == "MZ" or myVar != "0")

User input is string by default.