Selecting based on a value
If you want to run a different branch of code based on the value of a variable, you can make an equality comparison in each elif branch. If the value is not one of the options you programmed in, then the else branch (if any) will run.
# Get a string from standard input
animal = input('What is your favorite animal? ')
# run different code for each possible value
if animal == 'dog':
print('I like dogs too!')
elif animal == 'cat':
print('My friend likes cats too.')
elif animal == 'cow':
print('Mooooo.')
elif animal == 'monkey':
print('I hear they are very playful')
else:
# run this code if none of the values match
print('Interesting, what a cool animal!')