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Software ==>	Python (36 exercises)
Topic ==>	Basic coding (3 exercises)
Level ==>	Harder than average
Subject ==>	Python training

Use an if / elif / else block to return the Hogwarts house colours for an input house name

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This exercise asks you to write a program which displays your Hogwarts house colours given your input house name. Here's what a typical output should look like when you run the program:

Ravenclaw: the forgotten Harry Potter house?

First create a new program file called Sorting Hat.py, and set a variable to hold the house name typed in by a user.

To make it easier to test the value of your variable add .lower() to the end of it (this will convert whatever the user types in into lower case).

Before the next part of the exercise you'll need to know the Hogwarts house colours, which are:

House	Colours
Gryffindor	Scarlet and yellow (of course)
Hufflepuff	Yellow and black
Ravenclaw	Blue and bronze
Slytherin	Green and silver (hissss ... !)

Write an if ... elif ... else block which sets the value of another variable to the correct house colours (if the house typed in by your user doesn't exactly match any of the ones listed above, your program should set your colours to Not known).