Test for answers in an IF block

Question

I need help (again). New to python, but how do I test for both "yes" and "y" in the same if block?

In shell I would just do:

#!/bin/bash
read -r -n 1 -p $'Would you like to continue? [y/n]\n\n--> ' ANSWER
case "$ANSWER" in
    Y|y)
        echo -en "\n\nContinue\n"
        ;;
    N|n)
        echo -en "\n\nStop\n"
        ;;
    *)
        echo -en "\n\nERROR\n"
        ;;
esac

I'm still new to Python3 (well, Python in general) that I don't know how to do this, and I've tried to google it, but I don't really understand what I'm actually asking for. I'm assuming it'll be very simple like BASH, but the answers I get on google seem overtly complex.

Thank you!

Please include code as a [formatted code block](https://stackoverflow.com/help/formatting) instead of an image — Pranav Hosangadi, Sep 03 '20 at 18:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '20 at 18:18

1

Write

response = input('Would like to …?').lower()

if response == 'y' or response == 'yes':
    …

Or

if response in ['y', 'yes']:
    …

Note that it’s not necessary to call str — your object is already a string.

answered Sep 03 '20 at 18:18

Konrad Rudolph

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