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[lethal zealot]

how do I know what the if statement covers in my code?

[heavy willow]

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[rare fox]

do you have some example code you aren't sure about that we could use to discuss this?

[lethal zealot]

like i can explain what i mean

[rare fox]

sure

[lethal zealot]

like my question is what does my IF statement cover

I have this code

skibidi = input("tell me your name:")
print("thanks " + skibidi)
if skibidi == "joe" or "Joe" or "jOe" or "joE" or "JOe" or "JoE" or "jOE" or "JOE":
print("JOE MAMA!!")
#improved code if u want joe to not be case sensitive, btw u can copy the whole message # means comment

[heavy willow]

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[lethal zealot]

print("thanks " + skibidi)
if skibidi == "joe" or "Joe" or "jOe" or "joE" or "JOe" or "JoE" or "jOE" or "JOE":
    print("JOE MAMA!!")
 #improved code if u want joe to not be case sensitive, btw u can copy the whole message # means comment```

Thats my code and my question isif i want some print statements

which print statements will only be sent if my if statement is true, and whicch would go any time

[summer kraken]

!or

[heavy willow]

The or-gotcha

When checking if something is equal to one thing or another, you might think that this is possible:

# Incorrect...
if favorite_fruit == 'grapefruit' or 'lemon':
    print("That's a weird favorite fruit to have.")

While this makes sense in English, it may not behave the way you would expect. In Python, you should have complete instructions on both sides of the logical operator.

So, if you want to check if something is equal to one thing or another, there are two common ways:

# Like this...
if favorite_fruit == 'grapefruit' or favorite_fruit == 'lemon':
    print("That's a weird favorite fruit to have.")

# ...or like this.
if favorite_fruit in ('grapefruit', 'lemon'):
    print("That's a weird favorite fruit to have.")

[lethal zealot]

!if

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