If statement == True regardless of user input in Python

Question

I can't figure out why my code won't process the user input properly.

old = input("Type Yes or No.")

if old.upper() == "YES" or "Y":
    print("Success.")

When I type anything into the terminal, it still remains True for the old variable.

Ex. I type "sdafsdaf" into the terminal, and it still prints "Success."

Any solutions? Thank you

Could it be that the conditional is failing the initial equal check, but coercing the string "Y" to a Boolean? — Phix, Dec 10 '19 at 02:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '19 at 02:45

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if old.upper() == "YES" or  old.upper() == "Y":

Your condition was wrong. "Y" will always evaluate to true, since a string / char datatype has a truthy value.

answered Dec 10 '19 at 02:45

alex067

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