Question

I don't understand: L2 PROBLEM 11 : 5.0 POINTS

Assume that two variables, varA and varB, are assigned values, either numbers or strings.

Write a piece of Python code that prints out one of the following messages:

"string involved" if either varA or varB are strings

"bigger" if varA is larger than varB

"equal" if varA is equal to varB

I thought it would simple enough to write:
if varA > varB:
print "greater"

Am I missing something?

Answer 1

or here is some code I created in the Python shell that works for the equals:

>>> varA = "hello"
>>> varB = "hello"
>>> if varA == varB:
print "string involved"


string involved

Answer 2

if type(varA) == str or type(varB) == str:
print('string involved')
elif varA > varB:
print('bigger')
elif varA == varB:
print('equal')
else:
# If none of the above conditions are true it must be the case that varA < varB
print('smaller')

Answer 3

I find the question very confusing. I thought it only wanted a few lines of code to print out one of the following messages. I didn't realize it wanted me to consider all the possibilities as an output. Is this the way questions are going to be written?