Timo wrote:
if name[0] in ("m", "f", "b"):
Or even shorter:
if name[0] in "mfb":
Shorter, but wrong.
name = ['fb', 'ph', 'xy'] # oops, bad data
if name[0] in 'mfb':
...
Bad data should lead to an error as close as possible to the source of the bad
data, and do the wrong thing for a w
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
Op 27-11-11 20:02, Hugo Arts schreef:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:52 PM, surya k 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:]
On 27/11/11 19:02, Hugo Arts wrote:
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"):
And you might want to force it to lower case too:
if name[0].lower() in ("m", "f", "b"):
OTOH you might w
On 11/27/2011 1:52 PM, surya k 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
On 11/27/2011 1:52 PM, surya k 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
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:52 PM, surya k 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.. I
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
