[FIXED] How do I get my program to only accept certain inputs in python 2.x

Issue

I would like this program to only accept as inputted text any of "yes ,"y", "Yes" but for some reason when I input one of them nothing happens and the loop below doesn't seem to run:

import time

print ("Welcome to my first ever RPG! created 10/07/2016")
time.sleep(2)
begin = raw_input("Would you like to start the game?")

Start = False

if begin == ("yes" , "y" , "Yes" ):
    Start == True        

while Start == True:   
    player_name = raw_input("What would you like to name your character")
    print ("welcome " + player_name.capitalize())

(PS: simplest solution preferred, I'm sort of new to python)

Solution

You could go with your original solution and just change it like so (not recommended):

if begin.strip() == "yes" or begin.strip() == "y" or begin.strip() == "Yes":

Or just check for containment in a tuple:

if begin.strip() in ("yes" , "y" , "Yes" ):

Or even better:

if begin.strip().lower().startswith('y'):

The .strip() deals with any whitespace the user may have inputted.

And you also want to change

Start == True

to

Start = True

Because the former line is an equality test rather than assignment, so in your case Start is always False.

Answered By - ifma