multiple parameters in if statement...

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Kun wrote:
> I am trying to make an if-statement that will not do anything and print
> 'nothing entered' if there is nothing entered in a form.  I have the
> following code that does that, however, now even if I enter something

Yes, but did you enter everything?

> into the form, the code still outputs 'nothing entered'.

The logic doesn't imply "nothing", it implies "not everything".
The else clause will execute if ANY item is not enetered.

> This violates
> the if statement and I am wondering what I did wrong.
>
>      if form.has_key("delete_id") and form["delete_id"].value != "" and
> form.has_key("delete_date") and form["delete_date"].value != "" and
> form.has_key("delete_purchasetype") and
> form["delete_purchasetype"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_price")
> and form["delete_price"].value != "" and form.has_key("delete_comment")
> and form["delete_comment"].value != "":
>          delete_id=form['delete_id'].value
>          delete_date=form['delete_date'].value
>          delete_purchasetype=form['delete_purchasetype'].value
>          delete_price=form['delete_price'].value
>          delete_comment=form['delete_comment'].value
>      else:
>          print "ERROR: Nothing entered!"
>          raise Exception