On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Mike Franon <kongfra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI,
>
> I had a question, when running this small snippet of test code:
>
>
>
> a = ['test1', 'flag', 'monday']
>
> for i in a:
> if i == 'test1' or 'test2':
> print 'true'
>
>
> It always prints true
>
>
> $ ./testing.py
> true
> true
> true
>
>
> I know I am missing something, but in reality it should only print
> true once correct?
>
> No. The string 'test2' (actually, ALL non-empty strings) evaluates to
True, so your condition will always be met.
Try this:
> if (i == 'test1') or (i == 'test2'):
>
or:
> if i in ('test1', 'test2'):
>
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