Simple Stack implementation in Python

stack.py

__author__ = 'MOHIT'

# program to implement stack in python using python lists

# create a simple empty list
stax = []
# top variable
top = -1


# push function for stack
def push(element):
    stax.append(element)
    global top
    top += 1
    print("ELEMENT PUSHED")
    return


def pop():
    global top
    if top == -1:
        print("STACK EMPTY!!")
        return

    else:
        element = stax[top]
        del stax[top]
        global top
        top -= 1
        print("THE ELEMENT HAS BEEN POPPED")
        return element


cont = 1

while cont == 1:

    # set continue to false
    cont = 0

    # show choices
    print("FOLLOWING CHOICES ARE AVAILIABLE : ")
    print("1.PUSH ELEMENT IN STACK")
    print("2.POP ELEMENT FROM STACK")
    print("3.DISPLAY THE CONTENTS OF STACK")
    choice = int(input("ENTER YOUR CHOICE : "))
    print(choice)

    if (choice == 1):
        element = int(input("ENTER THE ELEMENT TO BE PUSHED : "))
        push(element)

    elif choice == 2:
        element = pop()
        print("THE ELEMENT POPPED IS " + str(element))

    elif choice == 3:
        print(stax)

    cont = int(input("DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE : "))