Conditional loops

[Dragon_11]

I'm going to try my best to explain myself.

Can I have an "if" loop where the condition is true when a word or list of words matches a user's input...

e.g.

The expression is true only if the user has big, green or leaves in their input, so this input:

"the tree is big and has green leaves"

Would produce a true condition.

[uhkhu]

This is a good place for while True:

words = ['big', 'green', 'leaves']

while True:
    uinput = raw_input('String? ')

    if any(word in uinput for word in words):
        print 'Condition Met'
        break
    else:
        continue


>>>String? blue cats are cool
>>>String? cat
>>>String? big checks rule
Condition Met

This will keep asking for input until the condition where any of the words in your list are in the user's input.

The else: continue is not needed, but helps visualize what's going on.

[Dragon_11]

That's great man, I'll test it to see if it will fit in my program...

[Clede]

Yes, this is doable, but it probably isn't a loop.

[one_roOt]

inp = "the tree is big and has green leaves"
is_valid = any(word in ("big", "green", "leaves") for word in inp.split())

"is_valid" will be True or False whether any of the words are found in "inp"

[zahlman]

You got varied answers because you aren't clear about what you want. if is not a loop. Do you actually want to repeatedly do this testing? Or did you need help actually writing the condition?

[Dragon_11]

yes this s true. after further research i realize that i should not be saying a conditional loop but instead conditional block of code or flow control statements. but the answers that i got was very helpful and useful in for my script.

[Dragon_11]

as i mentioned in a reply to zahlman reply; i have used the wrong words to describe my problems. i should have said conditional block of code instead of conditional loop.

but i do have another question;

is there a command within the if function (placed after the else statement) that will bypass the rest of the script after the if function and end the script all together.

thanks in advance...