else & elif statements not working in Python

Question

I\'m a newbie to Python and currently learning Control Flow commands like if, else, etc.

The if statement is working all fine

Answer 1

It looks like you are entering a blank line after the body of the if statement. This is a cue to the interactive compiler that you are done with the block entirely, so it is not expecting any elif/else blocks. Try entering the code exactly like this, and only hit enter once after each line:

if guess == number:
    print('Congratulations! You guessed it.')
elif guess < number:
    pass # Your code here
else:
    pass # Your code here