Alarm will not be triggered in Python 2.7 program
Question: I'm trying to make a command line alarm clock application. The way it's
supposed to work is that when the current hour and the current minute are the
same as the hour and minute you want to wake up at, it will exit the `while`
loop and wake you up. However, when the hour and the minute are the same as
the current it just keeps going. I've attempted to google for an answer but I
haven't been able to find relevant information.

    
    
    import sys
    import datetime
    
    a = 0
    current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
    
    print current_time.hour
    print current_time.minute
    
    
    
    wakehour = raw_input("When do you wanna wake up?\n What hour? Use the 24-hour clock.\n>>>")
    wakeminute = raw_input("How many minutes after the hour?\n>>>")
    
    print wakehour
    print wakeminute
    
    while a == 0:
        current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
        print current_time.hour
        print current_time.minute
        if current_time.hour == wakehour and current_time.minute == wakeminute:
                print 'wakey wakey'
                a = 1
    


Answer: When you ask a `raw_input` the result is a string:

    
    
    >>> a=raw_input()
    1
    >>> type(a)
    <type 'str'>
    

But `current_time.hour` is an int:

    
    
    >>> current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
    >>> type(current_time.hour)
    <type 'int'>
    

So, try to convert `wakehour`/`wakeminute` to int before the conversion with
`int(wakehour)`

