My If/Else statements always return the "if" result?

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Here is my code, I'm testing this for a game but need to at least get the basic mechanics down-

name = input("What is your name? ")
age = input("Welcome! How old are you? ")

print ("Hello, ", name, ", you are ", age, " years old, correct?")
print ("If so, type YES. If not, type NO.")

verifyNameAge = input("Input here: ")

if verifyNameAge == "yes" or "Yes" or "YES":
    print ("Thank you for verifying.")
else:
    print ("Restarting program.")

I expected that when I put in "no" into the input it would print "closing program", but it prints the if result (Thank you for verifying)

You have to state each case for the if, but isn't `if verifyNameAge.lower() == "yes"` easier? — tgikal, Jan 28 '19 at 19:32
because `if verify_name_age == "yes" or "Yes" or "YES":` is `if (verify_name_age == "yes") or ("Yes") or ("YES"):` and dynamic typing is getting you. the question this was marked as a duplicate as should help you. — castis, Jan 28 '19 at 19:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 19:40

The issue is in your last if condition,the 2nd and 3rd strings in OR operators will always be True.

The if condition should be like this:

if verify_name_age in ( "yes", "Yes", "YES"): 
   print ("Thank you for verifying.")
else: 
    print ("Restarting program.")

My If/Else statements always return the "if" result?

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