title: Visual Studio Code Python Conditional Statement problem
body: <p>Hi I'm new to programming and I'm currently learning Python through LinkedIn and I'm stuck at on one of the sample codes</p>
  <pre><code>def main():
      a, b = 1, 10
      if(a &lt; b):
          st = &quot;x is LESSER than y&quot;
      print(st)
  </code></pre>
  <p>It's not even showing any error messages so I'm confused right now. (My interpreter is Python 3.7.4)</p>