Python While Loop, Confused on "or" operator

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Basically I have a while loop that I want to run until either userWins or botWins equal 5. But with this code it will only stop when the variable "userWins" equals 5. I'm newer to python so I don't know if there is a different operator I am supposed to use to make this happen. Thank you for your help.

while userWins < 5 or botWins < 5:

It will only stop when *both* `userWins` and `bootWins` are `>= 5`. I suspect you want `while userWins < 5 and botWins < 5:`. — jonrsharpe, Sep 22 '20 at 10:20

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So you want to run while both userWins and botWins are lower than 5. You should use while userWins < 5 and botWins < 5: that's not a programming problem but a logic problem.

answered Sep 22 '20 at 10:20

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Man thank you. I have been working on this program for like 5 hours my brain logically thought it had to be or. I am just losing my mind I guess. – Michael Peterson Sep 22 '20 at 10:23

Python While Loop, Confused on "or" operator

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