On Mar 13, 10:50 pm, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all. > > > I have a problem with some code :( > > > ----------- > > > hint = raw_input("\nAre you stuck? y/n: ") > > hint = hint.lower() > > > while (hint != 'n') or (hint != 'y'): > > hint = raw_input("Please specify a valid choice: ") > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > so everytime I run the program, and enter my choice as y or n, I'm > > told to 'Please Specify a valid Choice Again' and can't get out of the > > loop. > > > ----------- > > > hint = raw_input("\nAre you stuck? y/n: ") > > hint = hint.lower() > > > while (hint != 'n'): > > hint = raw_input("Please specify a valid choice: ") > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > As for here when I enter n, I can leave the while loop. > > > Anyway I can't put my finger on this, so I'd be real grateful if > > someone could tell me what I've done wrong. Thanks. > > (I have a guy feeling it's something really silly I'm overlooking...) > > Your if test is wrong. > > If hint='n' > > hint !='n' is False > hint !='y' is True > > False or True equals True > > I think you want something like: > > hint = raw_input("\nAre you stuck? y/n: ") > hint = hint.lower() > > while hint not in ['y', 'n']: > hint = raw_input("Please specify a valid choice: ") > > -Larry
Thanks Larry. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list