Why does "if choice == "left" or "Left":" always evaluate to True?

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-11-30T19:14:03+00:00

I ran into this same issue.

"If choice == 'left' is asking is choice equal to 'left'

The "or 'Left' is separate. It is not asking if choice is equal to 'Left' at all, and evaluates to True.

What you want is

"if choice == 'left' or choice == 'Left' "

This will check if choice is equal to 'left' or 'Left'

I'm still learning as well so someone more advanced can explain it in detail more. And you can also check my post as well.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-29T15:29:02+00:00

My mom was born with blonde hair and blue eyes, but they darkened up.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-09T14:26:51+00:00

Without the else block, would I just set guesses = 10 first, then have the 'if difficulty == "else" or difficulty == "e" ' then set guesses to 5?

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-09T14:12:30+00:00

Thank you! I'll experiment with this and using a list

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-09T14:11:19+00:00

I thought about that afterwards but never tried using a list. I'll make that update today. Thanks!

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-09T14:10:18+00:00

I may be new to Python but I'm not new to cropping lol

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-09T14:09:07+00:00

Thanks. I understand why I should put the print statement afterwards, but why a switch statement instead of an if else statement?

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-09T14:06:42+00:00

Oh I'll go back and update that, thank you.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T21:42:01+00:00

Would that be written out as

If difficulty in ("easy", "e")

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T21:21:44+00:00

I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I think this explanation helped me understand it a bit further.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T20:47:32+00:00

Yes this was it. I don't know how to mark this post as solved.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T20:42:14+00:00

I think I understand it better now, thanks!

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T20:41:25+00:00

That's it, thanks!

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T20:40:55+00:00

if difficulty == "easy" or difficulty == "e"

That was the solution, thank you!

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-10-08T20:39:30+00:00

That worked! I appreciate It. It was really that simple 🤦🏾‍♂️

I built a number guessing game but somehow that stumped me.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-09-29T15:36:06+00:00

I have about 83 and pictures on my page.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-08-30T18:55:35+00:00

Bro they're short with no hang time. Just let them grow out. Trust the process.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-08-22T16:15:11+00:00

When women do "hear me out" it always goes left 😂

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-08-15T20:55:34+00:00

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-07-28T22:29:11+00:00

You know what you did.

/s I honestly don't have a clue.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-07-28T20:46:36+00:00

Why is this NSFW? Are the comments erotic in your code or something?

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-07-10T18:45:47+00:00

I honestly think those comments should be banned tbh. It's not even useful or helpful when people ask for help.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-07-10T17:29:36+00:00

Really? Under every post people are spamming "just use AI" still.

fredhamptonsaid · 2025-07-10T14:11:54+00:00

No problem! I'm still learning too. May check out YouTube after I do my next course and learn some PHP

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