Op 27-11-11 20:02, Hugo Arts schreef:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:52 PM, surya k<sur...@live.com> wrote:
Hi,
Could you please tell me why this isn't working and how can I make it
possible...
Consider this code..
name = raw_input("Enter your first name: ")
if name[0] == ("m" or "f" or "b") :
rhyme = name[1:]
What I want here is.. If the name starts with 'm' or 'f' or 'b', The first
letter should be removed.
But this isn't happening here.
This is a very common error. Fact is, the or operator just isn't
distributive with respect to the == operator like that, and for good
reason. What you want is either this:
if name[0] == "m" or name[0] == "f" or name[0] == "b":
or, more idiomatically, you can use the in operator like this:
if name[0] in ("m", "f", "b"):
Or even shorter:
if name[0] in "mfb":
Cheers,
Timo
HTH,
Hugo
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