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Python

Posted by Luke Maschoff
Luke Maschoff
820 Points

How can you make it so while statements so for 1 variable, there can be multiple possible answers

How can you make it so while statements so for 1 variable, there can be multiple possible answers so the while statement will not run if a user inputs an answer?

For example, if you have a script that says:

favorite_color = input("What is your favorite color? ")

while favorite_color != 'green': favorite_color = input("Hmmm, thats not a color, please try again! ")

If your user inputs green, the while statement wouldn't run, but if you enter blue, the while statement would run. How do you make it so you can put as many colors/answers as you want, and not just green?

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,974 Points

You just need any statement that evaluates to a boolean: 

while favorite_color not in ['green','blue','red','orange','black']:
    favorite_color = input("Hmmm, thats not a color, please try again! ")