surya k wrote:
> 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.
- If you want to make your code bullet-proof you should also consider the
case where the user enters an empty string.
- You can check if a string starts with a particular string with the
startswith() method:
>>> "frank".startswith("f")
True
It's not widely known, but the method accepts a tuple since Python 2.5:
>>> "sue".startswith(("m", "f", "b"))
False
>>> "frank".startswith(("m", "f", "b"))
True
The beauty of this approach is that you are not limited to single-char
prefixes:
>>> "stephen".startswith(("m", "f", "st"))
True
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