''' Purpose: gain experience with if-elif-else ''' # report message based on day of week # Sunday: weekend day # Monday: start of school week # Tuesday: school day # Wednesday: school day # Thursday: school day # Friday: end of school week # Saturday: weekend day # get day of interest reply = input( 'Enter day of week: ' ) # put day in standard format - first letter capitalized, others lower case day = reply.strip() day = day.capitalize() # day = reply.strip().capitalize() # alternatively could also be written as print( ) # analyze and report on day if ( day == 'Sunday' ): print( 'weekend day' ) elif ( day == 'Monday' ): print( 'start of school week' ) elif ( day == 'Tuesday' ): print( 'school day' ) elif ( day == 'Wednesday' ): print( 'school day' ) elif( day == 'Thursday' ): print( 'school day' ) elif ( day == 'Friday' ): print( 'end of school week' ) elif ( day == 'Saturday' ): print( 'weekend' ) else: print( 'you messed up' ) ### another version if (( day == 'Sunday' ) or ( day == 'Saturday' )) : ... if ( day in ['Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday'] ): ...