Why doesnt this work

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name = input('what is your name: ')

if name is "Bucky":
    print("Hi Bucky")
elif name is "Lucy":
    print("Hi Lucy")
elif name is "Sammy":
    print("Hi Sammy")

What I have tried:

i have tried to use c++ , and Java. If i cant do this in these , what language can i use to do this with.

Posted 11-Feb-18 11:59am

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Updated 13-Feb-18 15:07pm

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phil.o 11-Feb-18 19:03pm

Doing what exactly? Write a program which only accepts 3 names and says Hi <name>; or else does not do anything?

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6. Expressions — Python 3.4.8 documentation[^]

Posted 11-Feb-18 22:53pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-11T13:03:00

Solution 1

Try using equality operator (==) instead of object comparison (is)

Python

...
if name == 'Bucky':
   print("Hi Bucky")
elif name == 'Lucy':
   print("Hi Lucy")
...

Posted 11-Feb-18 13:03pm

Wendelius

Updated 11-Feb-18 13:04pm

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