Operator Error

a = 10
b = 2
c = 2
print ("1:Attack")
print (r"2:Akorn Attack(Cost: 1 Akorn)")
print ("3:Block")
turn1 = input()
if turn1 == 1:
(a - 1)
if turn1 == 2:
(c - 1)
(a - 3)
if turn1 == 3:
(b - 1)
print (a)

For some reason, this code, which is suposed to display a at the end, prints 10 when I enter one, but should't it print 9? Any info on why this is would be appreciated! thanks!

Writing the expression a - 1 as a statement does not do anything useful. What you probably want is a -= 1.

You really should consider giving your variables better names, too. Instead of "a", "b", and "c", perhaps "enemy_health", "your_health", and "akorns"? (Just guessing at their purposes here.)

We originally had that but we changed it. We will change their names back. hen i try to do what you suggested, it gives me the error of invalid syntax.

Nyktos is python expert. Please post your code with syntax error for diagnosis.

My updated code that still doesn't work:
playerhp = 10
playerap = 2
enemiehp = 5
enemieap = 1
print ("1: Attack")
action = input()
if action == 1:
enemiehp - 2
print (enemiehp)




I enter 1 and it says 5, when it should be 4. Why is this?

(note that Nyktos suggested something like
enemiehp -= 2
which is a short form of the statement I wrote)

(note also that by subtracting TWO python correctly gets THREE.)

Thank you! EDIT: Still says its 5

I still get 5

I suspect you're running your program in python3.

input() returns a string.
You should test

if action == '1':

(better than int(action) which would fail if action is not an integer)

Thank you!