How to make a certain number be counted rather than the length of the actual number?

Question

What I want to happen is if the number is over 500 for the console to print something, but right now it counts how long the number is not how high its numerical value is.

print ("What Is The Current Distance  In Meters?")
distance = input ()

if len (distance) >= 500:
    (print) ("Thanks")

Why are you parenthesizing `print`? – user2357112 Jun 06 '17 at 22:48 — user2357112, Jun 06 '17 at 22:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '17 at 22:47

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You need to first convert distance to a number and then use the greater than operator > so you code becomes:

print ("What Is The Current Distance  In Meters?")
distance = input ()

if int(distance) > 500 :
    print ("Thanks")

Hope I helped!

answered Jun 06 '17 at 22:47

BluCode

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '17 at 22:48

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input() is always a string - you likely want distance = int(input())

answered Jun 06 '17 at 22:48

smulloy

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How to make a certain number be counted rather than the length of the actual number?

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