Confused about while statement

[Erik Max Francis]

EAS wrote:

> In theory, the following code should ask for the user to enter a value
> for h
> until he/she enters hello or goodbye.
> 
> h = "hi"
> while h != "hello" or "goodbye":
>         h = raw_input("Value for h:")
> 
> But the program keeps asking for a value no matter what I enter. Why
> doesn't
> it work?

You meant

	while h != "hello" and h != "goodbye": ...

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