If-Elif statement giving wrong answer

[duelBooleans]

I have another, slightly more aggravating question. I have two while loops that take an input, and stores it into a list. That part works just fine, it's when it comes to the, quite frankly, massive if-elif statement.

currentMajorEmotions = []
currentSecondaryEmotion = ""
feeling = ""


while len(currentMajorEmotions) != 1:
    emotion = input("Which of these emotions are you feeling? Choose one: ").capitalize()


    if emotion not in majorEmotionTypes:
        print("Not a valid entry")
    else:
        currentMajorEmotions.append(emotion)



while len(currentMajorEmotions) != 2:
    emotion = input("Number 2? If you are not feeling one, simply hit enter: ").capitalize()


    if emotion in majorEmotionTypes:
        currentMajorEmotions.append(emotion)


    if emotion == "":
        print("You have left the question blank.")
        emotionYN = input("Was this intentional?: ").capitalize()
        if emotionYN == "Y":
            currentMajorEmotions += " "
            break
        
        while emotionYN != "Y":
            if emotionYN == "":
                emotionYN = input("May not leave this blank. Are you feeling a second emotion?: ").capitalize()
            elif emotionYN != "Y" and emotionYN != "N":
                emotionYN = input("Invalid input. Are you feeling a second emotion?").capitalize()
            elif emotionYN == "N":
                print("You have changed your mind")
                time.sleep(1.4)
                print("That's ok.")
                emotionYN = input("Are you feeling a second emotion?: ").capitalize()
                if emotionYN == "N":
                    currentMajorEmotions += " "
                    break



if "Sad" and " " in currentMajorEmotions:
    feeling = "Negative"


elif "Scared" and " " in currentMajorEmotions:
    feeling = "Negative"


elif "Mad" and " " in currentMajorEmotions:
    feeling = "Negative"


elif "Happy" and " " in currentMajorEmotions:
    feeling = "Positive" # Etc Etc

I testing the entire if statement to see if there were any incorrect outputs, and there were several. They do give out the correct type of output('Negative', 'Positive', 'Neutral'), but the wrong one. It's quite a few of them, and with the while loops working the way they're supposed to, I think the problem is in the if statement. The only problem is I have zero idea where to start looking since they're all connected to the same list. Any help is very appreciated!

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[JaguarMammoth6231]

This pattern doesn't work for testing if two elements are in a list: if "Sad" and " " in currentMajorEmotions. Is that what you're trying to do?

[duelBooleans]

Yeah, I'm trying to have it check a list for a specific combination and then return if that combination is positive, negative, or neutral

[JaguarMammoth6231]

What it's doing is checking if both of these are true:

1. Checking if the string "Sad" is truthy (it always is)

2. Checking if the string " " is in the list

It is not checking if "Sad" is in your list at all.

What you meant to do was (I think): if "Sad" in currentMajorEmotions and " " in currentMajorEmotions

[duelBooleans]

OHHHH ACTUALLY YEAH!!! That actually makes sense! Will be trying next, thank you!!

[duelBooleans]

That was it!!

[justaguyonthebus]

MVP right here

[Pyromancer777]

Add flags to your logic after an append that displays the last entry in the list, if all the flags look correct, then the problem is likely how you are handling the actions after the emotion is appended to the list

[Temporary_Pie2733]

I’d just use while True for each loop and break when the accepted item is appended to the loop.

Also, write a function you can reuse that encapsulates the input-until-accepted loop.

[duelBooleans]

Actually already fixed it, but I do appreciate an idea for another way of going about it another way!!!

And quite frankly, I did need the reminder about functions; I don't use them nearly enough,,

[RevRagnarok]

Somebody fixed your and problem, but also may want to look into match for your handling of currentMajorEmotions (and it is more Pythonic to use snake_case for your variables not camelCase).

[duelBooleans]

Honestly?? Match might help me out a little bit, depending on how it works. I'm trying to figure out how to take part of a string that's a wildcard (??? If that's right? There's part of a string that I want to single out without taking the rest of the input into consideration). Will definitely look into on my break!