How do I check a string for multiple words?

Question

I'm trying to check a line of output from my code, to see if it contains "Active: Exited" or "Active: Inactive".

I've tried to use: if "Active: Exited" or "Active; Inactive" in output: but this just triggers no matter what is in the output.

If I just say: if "Active: Exited" in output: it works as it's supposed to.

Possible duplicate of [Check if multiple strings exist in another string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3389574/check-if-multiple-strings-exist-in-another-string) — Jondiedoop, Oct 07 '19 at 14:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '19 at 14:08

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Python's in test does not distribute. What you're trying to say is

if ("Active: Exited" or "Active; Inactive") in output:

but Python interprets this as

if ("Active: Exited") or ("Active; Inactive" in output):

in which case the string "Active: Excited" is so-called 'truthy', so your or always evaluates to True.

What you want is this:

if "Active: Exited" in output or "Active; Inactive" in output:
# AKA
# if ("Active: Exited" in output) or ("Active; Inactive" in output):

answered Oct 07 '19 at 14:08

Energya

@Toftegaard if this answer helped you, please don't forget to upvote and accept :) – Energya Oct 08 '19 at 07:01
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Ohh, didn't see the "mark as answer" button :D I'll do that right away. – Toftegaard Oct 08 '19 at 12:51

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