function - Simple Logic Error in Python -

why doesn't 3rd row of csv output have "hola"?

the (if levels[a] == "3") should ensure it's set "hola".

thanks ideas or help!

#-*- coding: utf-8 -*- import csv levels = [["1"], ["2"], ["3"]] def column1logic(self):     self.column1 = "logic worked"     self.column1 = self.greeting class row(object):     column1 = "name"     greeting = "oh"     def __init__(self, level, greeting):         self.level = level         self.greeting = greeting     def rowentry(self, level, greeting):         column1logic(self)         lol = [[self.column1]]         lol[0] = self.column1         file_writer.writerow([o o in lol]) open("test.csv", "wb") test_file:     file_writer = csv.writer(test_file)     in range(0, len(levels)):         if levels[a] == "3":             greeting = "hola"             food = row(levels[a], greeting)             food.rowentry(levels[a], greeting)         else:             greeting = "hi"             food = row(levels[a], greeting)             food.rowentry(levels[a], greeting) 

you iterating on list of lists. therefore should check if ['3'] instead of '3'.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import csv levels = [["1"], ["2"], ["3"]] def column1logic(self):     self.column1 = "logic worked"     self.column1 = self.greeting  class row(object):     column1 = "name"     greeting = "oh"     def __init__(self, level, greeting):         self.level = level         self.greeting = greeting     def rowentry(self, level, greeting):         column1logic(self)         lol = [[self.column1]]         lol[0] = self.column1         file_writer.writerow([o o in lol])  open("test.csv", "wb") test_file:     file_writer = csv.writer(test_file)     in range(0, len(levels)):         print levels[a]         if levels[a] == ['3']:  # instead of levels[a] == "3"             greeting = "hola"             food = row(levels[a], greeting)             food.rowentry(levels[a], greeting)         else:             greeting = "hi"             food = row(levels[a], greeting)             food.rowentry(levels[a], greeting)