Simple python question. How do I make the values in my list read in an input. I know this is prob too basic for u guys but I need to figure this out

This is my work and it wont read the items inside my list. What should I do?

>Solution :

Your if condition is wrong. You should check if the bag is in a lit, `notallowed’.

The error message means, you are trying to check if ['gun', 'knife'] is in gun, which is impossible. The error is saying that the left of in should be a character (but you used a list), because right of in is a string.

bag = input("What is inside your bag?")
notallowed = ['gun', 'knife']

if bag in notallowed: # This line is fixed
    print("now way")
else:
    print("You may pass")

The code result:

What is inside your bag?gun
now way  # It prints correctly now.