Python skips my if statement when I type 0 as the user input even though it should (I think) generate a random number

I’m trying to make a script that gives a random number of abilities if the user writes 0 but now it just completely ignores my if statement and just doesn’t print any abilities at all even though it works perfectly fine when you enter anything else

import random

def RandomizeAbilities():
    NumberOfAbilities = int(input("How many abilities do you want your character to have? (1-100, leave 0 for random) "))
    if NumberOfAbilities == "0":
        NumberOfAbilities == random.randint(0,101)
    GeneratedAbilities = 0
    while GeneratedAbilities < NumberOfAbilities:
        AbilitiesDictionary = open("Abilities.txt", "r")
        Abilities = AbilitiesDictionary.read()
        ListOfTiers = Abilities.split(",")
        RandomizedAbility = random.choice(ListOfTiers)
        print("Your character's Ability is: ", RandomizedAbility)
        GeneratedAbilities += 1

Abilites.txt:

Absolute Zero,Absorption,Abstract Existence

if you need the rest of the code it’s available at https://github.com/Paloftzer/TSWCharCreator

>Solution :

You are comparing an Integer to a String, both are fundamentally different data-types and therefore the if-statement returns False.

Try this:

import random

def RandomizeAbilities():
    NumberOfAbilities = int(input("How many abilities do you want your character to have? (1-100, leave 0 for random) "))
    if NumberOfAbilities == 0: # changed to int '0' instead of '"0"'
        NumberOfAbilities = random.randint(0,101)
    GeneratedAbilities = 0
    while GeneratedAbilities < NumberOfAbilities:
        AbilitiesDictionary = open("Abilities.txt", "r")
        Abilities = AbilitiesDictionary.read()
        ListOfTiers = Abilities.split(",")
        RandomizedAbility = random.choice(ListOfTiers)
        print("Your character's Ability is: ", RandomizedAbility)
        GeneratedAbilities += 1

To get a better grasp of the concept behind data-types, I would strongly recommend to read:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html