Beginner: How can I end this while loop?

Question

I'm trying to make a program where if the user enters 'q' or 'quit' or 'Quit' the loop will break. I figured out how to do half of the problem but I've been stuck for over an hour with the rest.

text = ()
while text != 'q' or 'quit' or 'Quit':
    print((text)[::-1])
    text = input()

The code above won't end the loop when typing any of the keywords, but if i do only: while text != 'q' that works. How can I add the other two? Thank you.

See that link on why your "multiple" attempt didn't work. Also, you need `and`, not `or`. You want to ensure that they *all* hold, not that any one of them is true. You could also reconfigure it using [De Morgan's Laws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan%27s_laws). — Carcigenicate, Oct 09 '20 at 23:47

Pixel_teK · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-09T23:54:37.727

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use in as in the following :

text = ()
while text not in ('q', 'quit', 'Quit'):
    print((text)[::-1])
    text = input()

edited Oct 09 '20 at 23:54

answered Oct 09 '20 at 23:49

Pixel_teK

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Why move the check out of the `while` statement? – John Kugelman Oct 09 '20 at 23:51
I honestly find it more readable this way but sure – Pixel_teK Oct 09 '20 at 23:51

Beginner: How can I end this while loop?

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