[Tutor] Python Question

[Alan Gauld]

On 06/07/2021 07:33, Peter Otten wrote:
> On 05/07/2021 10:11, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> if investor != ["conservative" or "moderate" or "aggressive"]:
>> This does not do what you want. 
Let's see:
>  >>> ["conservative" or "moderate" or "aggressive"]
> ['conservative']
>
> So no, the expression
>
> a or b or c
>
> picks the first value that evaluates to True in a boolean context, 

Oops! Good catch, I should have got that.

But it still doesn't do what the OP intended. :-)

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