Multiple or statements always using the first one

Question

Help, whenever I type in an more than one or statements in a program, it will only run the first line of them, what is the problem?

if foo == "ADMIN" or "1":
    os.system("cls")
    global CODES
    CODES = "BLUE"
    PORTABLENESS()
elif foo == "IT" or "2":
    os.system("cls")
    global CODE
    CODES = "Green"
    PORTABLENESS()
elif foo == "STUDENT" or "3":
    CODE = "STUDENT"
    PORTABLENESS()

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '13 at 18:16

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Change:

if foo == "ADMIN" or "1":

to

if foo == "ADMIN" or foo == "1":

and so on..

The issue is,

if foo == "ADMIN" or "1":

is evaluated as

if (foo == "ADMIN") or "1":

where or "1" will always evaluate to True. Hence the issue.

Another alternative would be:

if foo in ("ADMIN", "1"):

answered Nov 20 '13 at 18:16

karthikr

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Oh, I should have known that. Thanks! – user2891439 Nov 20 '13 at 18:20
Great. .Do mark the answer as accepted if it was useful. – karthikr Nov 20 '13 at 18:50

Multiple or statements always using the first one

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