if-else with '|' operator - beginner's question/problem

[William Park]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 06:25:31PM +0100, Lee wrote:
> Hi there, I wonder if someone could possibly tell me what is wrong with
> the following statement. I'm extremely embarrased to ask but here
> goes...
> 
> >>>  if (fname[1] == 'a'|'e'|'i'|'o'|'u'):
>     vowel='true'

'|' is bit-wise operator which operates on plain/long integers only.
What you want is
    if (fname[1] == 'a' or fname[1] == 'e' or ...):
or 
    if (fname[1] in 'aeiou'):

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