[DblAAssassin]

So I'm learning Python from, Codecademy (Great Site), any ways here is the lesson., and here is the code...

def shut_down(string):
    if string == "Yes" or "yes" or "YES":
        return "Shutting down..."
    elif string == "No" or "no" or "NO":
        return "Shutdown aborted!"
    else:
        return "Sorry, I didn't understand you."

The error is...

Quote

Oops, try again! It looks like the input "No" does not return "Shutdown aborted!"

Yes I have the exclamation point, I really don't have a clue what my issue is. Or it may be the site messing up again, it happen occasionally. Thanks for all help beyond this point! />

This post has been edited by DblAAssassin: 28 June 2013 - 11:03 AM

[jon.kiparsky]

if string == "Yes" or "yes" or "YES":

This doesn't mean what you think it means.

Clue:

if "yes":
  print "Yes is True!"
else:
  print "Yes is False"

[woooee]

You want to use

if string.lower() == "yes":
## or 
if string.lower() in ("yes", "y", "ok"): 

Note that a not empty string always returns True, so 'or "yes"' always returns a True.

This post has been edited by woooee: 28 June 2013 - 12:06 PM