On Feb 12, 6:22 pm, MRAB <goo...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Michele Simionato wrote: > > On Feb 12, 5:07 pm, TechieInsights <gdoerm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 12, 9:03 am, Catherine Heathcote > > >> <catherine.heathc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> But I just cant find it. How do I do an or, as in c/c++'s ||? Just > >>> trying to do something simple, the python equivilent of: > >>> if(i % 3 == 0 || i % 5 == 0) > >>> Thanks. > >> in 2.5 and above you can do > >> if any(i%3 == 0, i%5 == 0) > > > You are missing a few parenthesis: if any([i%3 == 0, i%5 == 0]) (but > > the idiomatic solution is to use or). > > any() is really only useful with a generator, otherwise you're always > evaluating both conditions, unlike the solution with 'or'.
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