Python (if, elif, else) working with timestamp
Question: I am taking a beginning Python programming class and I am having trouble
getting the code below to work correctly. The assignment asks: write a Python
code that uses the “strftime()” function to get the today’s weekday value and
then use an “if..elif..else” statement to display the associated message. So,
with today being Friday (w == 5) for me, it should print "Prevention is better
than cure." Instead, it keeps printing the else statement "Stupid is as stupid
does." Advice?

    
    
    import datetime
    
    t = datetime.date.today()
    w = t.strftime("%w"); # day of week
    
    if (w == 0): print("The devil looks after his own.");
    elif (w == 1): print("Everything comes to him who waits.");
    elif (w == 2): print("Give credit where credit is due.");
    elif (w == 3): print("If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.");
    elif (w == 4): print("Money makes the world go round.");
    elif (w == 5): print("Prevention is better than cure.");
    else: print("Stupid is as stupid does.");
    


Answer: Instead of using `strftime()`, which returns a `str`, use `weekday()`, which
returns an `int`:

    
    
    t = datetime.date.today()
    w = today.weekday() + 1  # +1 because weekday() is 0-based, %w is 1-based
    

In Python, a string and a number are never equal.

