direction = str(input('Enter direction? up|down : ')) if direction.lower() == 'up': top = int(input("Please enter top number to start count todow!")) for i in range(0, top+1): print(i) elif direction.lower() == 'down': below = int(input('Please enter number below 20!')) for i in range(20, below-1, -1): print(i) else: print('I don\'t understand')