Variable and Function help // Python

Question

Alright so here's the code

def user_password():
input('Please Enter Password: ')

#profiles
def intercept():
    user_password()
    if user_password == "intercept":
            print("this is working so far")
    else:
            print("Incorect Password")
def Jimmy():
    user_password()
    if user_password == "Jimmy":
            print("this is working so far")
    else:
            print("Incorect Password")
def Tommy():
    user_password()
    if user_password == "Tommy":
            print("this is working so far")
    else:
            print("Incorect Password")

#login
user_functions = dict(
    intercept=intercept,
    Jimmy=Jimmy,
    Tommy=Tommy,
    # ...
)
 user_input = input("Input function name: ") 

if user_input in user_functions:
    user_functions[user_input]()
else:
    print("Error: Unknown function.")

PROBLEMS:

My code always starts with asking for the password even though I don't want it to.
- When I change the first variable to a function it fixes this
- Why does it execute when I'm just setting the variable. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't have to use a function instead of a variable
No matter what it always ends up as Incorrect Password even if I give the correct password

Since your first line of code is "user_password = input('Please Enter Password: ')" that's gonna be the first line to execute — Archmede
– Archmede, Commented Apr 23, 2017 at 1:55
= doesn't mean "make the thing on the left shorthand for the operation on the right". It means "do the thing on the right, and make the thing on the left a name for the object produced by doing the thing on the right". — user2357112
– user2357112, Commented Apr 23, 2017 at 1:56

mmuzahid · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-23 11:39:15Z

3

I think you are trying to write something like that:

def get_user_password():
   return input('Please Enter Password: ')


def Jimmy():
    user_password = get_user_password()
    if user_password == "Jimmy":
            print("this is working so far")

edited Apr 23, 2017 at 11:39

answered Apr 23, 2017 at 2:06

mmuzahid

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intercept Over a year ago

Would you mind explaining how that works and why my code didn't work? Go over the code first pls cause I changed some stuff

mmuzahid Over a year ago

@intercept your first line is a SyntaxError. Please find how to define a function and how to set a variable. def user_password = input('Please Enter Password: ') is doing none to these.

intercept Over a year ago

even if i do it correctly it says incorrect password

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