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Python Python Basics Types and Branching Comparisons

Posted by Alan Temirov
Alan Temirov
Courses Plus Student 762 Points

If/Elif

Is there a way where I can add several names to if and elif,so it would be like elif/if first_name = "Alex" … and lets say 2 other names, how can plunge them in the same line,cause typical for now commas and + sign don't seem to add them.

4 Answers

ANTOINE CREIS
ANTOINE CREIS
1,596 Points

Hi Alan, Not sure I understood your question, but here is something that might help you. You should use "or" in your function to add more than one name and not "+" So your code line should look like this:

elif first_name == "Alan" or "Antoine" or "Chris" :
    print... rest of your code

hopefully this helps !

Alan Temirov
Alan Temirov
Courses Plus Student 762 Points

Yeah,that what I was looking for, I use "or"! Thank you!

Hambone F
Hambone F
3,581 Points
Hambone F
Hambone F
3,581 Points

Hi Antoine,

Just a quick note here - while that statement will not throw an error, it does contain a logical error.

I think you meant:

elif first_name == "Alan" or first_name == "Antoine" or first_name == "Chris" :
    print... rest of your code

As written, the check is actually like this:

(first_name == "Alan") or ("Antoine") or ("Chris")

Which will always evaluate to True. Well, technically, unless the persons name is Alan, that operation will always return "Antoine", which is 'truthy'.

Try it in the terminal and see!

boi
boi
14,242 Points
boi
boi
14,242 Points

Hey there Alan!

I am not sure what you mean by your question but check this out;

first_name = "Alan"

last_name = "Temirov"

full_name = "Alan Temirov"

if first_name == "Alan" and last_name == "Temirov" or full_name == "Alan Temirov":
    print("Present")
else:
    print("Absent")

Is this what you're looking for?

Alan Temirov
PLUS
Alan Temirov
Courses Plus Student 762 Points
Alan Temirov
Alan Temirov
Courses Plus Student 762 Points

Thanks for the answer!But I was talking about how do I put more than 1 First names in the elif,when I type 3 names(not one as it was in the video) in the input line,it triggers the elifso it looks like this: elif first_name == "first_nameX" +"first_nameY" +"first_nameZ",but the + sign doesnt seem to do that,not does the comma,thats why Im confusesld

boi
boi
14,242 Points
boi
boi
14,242 Points

What you describe is logically correct but won't give you the answer you might be expecting, for example;

my_name = "AlanTemirov"

first_name = "Alan"

last_name = "Temirov"

if my_name == first_name + last_name:
    print("Yes that's my name")

else:
    print("Not my name")

The above code is based on your logic implementation.

If you want to add multiple conditions you could do something like this;

name = "Alan"

first_name = "Alan"

middle_name = "Alan"

last_name = "Alan"

full_name = "Alan Temirov"

no_name = "Nil"

if name == first_name and name == middle_name and name == no_name:
    print("{}".format(full_name))

elif name == first_name and name == middle_name and name == last_name and name == full_name:
    print("My name is {},{},{}".format(first_name,middle_name,last_name))

elif name == first_name and name == middle_name and name == last_name or name == full_name:
    print("My name is {} {} {} {}".format(first_name,middle_name,last_name,full_name))

But this is a wacky way to do it, instead, you could use a function or a for loop

If you don't understand the logic of the operators "and", "or", let me know.

Also when you are writing code make sure you format them into "python syntax".

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Hambone F
Hambone F
3,581 Points
Hambone F
Hambone F
3,581 Points

Some already suggested the straightforward approach:

if first_name == "Alex" or first_name == "Bob" or first_name == "Alice":
   print(first_name, "is one of the names I'm checking for!")

However, you can also check if the name is in a list of names - to me, this is easier to read:

if first_name in ["Alex","Bob","Alice"]:
    print(first_name, "is one of the names I'm checking for!")

You could even make that a variable defined earlier or elsewhere:

# Easier to add new names this way
names_to_check = ["Alex", "Bob", "Alice"]

if first_name in names_to_check:
    print(first_name, "is one of the names I'm checking for!")