On 05/27/2017 06:14 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
> Hello Jalen!
>
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Jalen Barr <jalenba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In this code it always changes the PlaceHolder to 0 no matter what Month is
>> set to
>>
>> Month ="September"
>>
>> if Month == "January" or "1":
>> PlaceHolder = 0
>
> This must be written as:
>
> if Month == "January" or Month == "1":
> PlaceHolder = 0
>
> The way you wrote it is interpreted as:
>
> if (Month == "January") or ("1"):
> PlaceHolder = 0
and since "1" is always True, PlaceHolder is always set to 0.
FWIW, if checking for multiples, you could also write:
if Month in ['January', '1']:
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