Logical oparator OR inside for loop

Question

I'm making a function that identify if has two kings in a chess board

And i used an or operator but it just dosn't works. I "fix" this using if and elif but i don't get why it dosn't works with or


chessboard = {
"a1":"" ,"a2":"" ,"a3":"" ,"a4":"" ,"a5":"" ,"a6":"" ,"a7":"" ,"a8":"bking" ,
"b1":"" ,"b2":"" ,"b3":"" ,"b4":"" ,"b5":"" ,"b6":"" ,"b7":"" ,"b8":"" ,
"c1":"" ,"c2":"" ,"c3":"" ,"c4":"" ,"c5":"" ,"c6":"" ,"c7":"" ,"c8":"" ,
"d1":"" ,"d2":"" ,"d3":"" ,"d4":"" ,"d5":"" ,"d6":"" ,"d7":"" ,"d8":"" ,
"e1":"" ,"e2":"" ,"e3":"" ,"e4":"" ,"e5":"" ,"e6":"" ,"e7":"" ,"e8":"" ,
"f1":"" ,"f2":"" ,"f3":"" ,"f4":"" ,"f5":"" ,"f6":"" ,"f7":"" ,"f8":"" ,
"g1":"wking" ,"g2":"" ,"g3":"" ,"g4":"" ,"g5":"" ,"g6":"" ,"g7":"" ,"g8":"" ,
"h1":"" ,"h2":"" ,"h3":"" ,"h4":"" ,"h5":"" ,"h6":"" ,"h7":"" ,"h8":"" }



def kingschess(board):
    kings = 0
    print(board.values())
    for a in board.values():
        
        print(a)
        if a == "bking" or "wking":
            print("True")
            kings += 2
        
isValidChessBoard(mychessboard)

use `if a == "bking"" or a == "wking"` instead – Hanz Feb 07 '21 at 04:14 — Hanz, Feb 07 '21 at 04:14
or `a in ["bking","wking"]` – Joran Beasley Feb 07 '21 at 04:15 — Joran Beasley, Feb 07 '21 at 04:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '21 at 04:15

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you should actually use if a == "bking" or a == "wking": since the interpreter cannot infer that you are considering a for both statements

answered Feb 07 '21 at 04:15

Leo

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If it helped you please don't forget to mark as the right answer, it helps everyone that is yet going to see the answer. – Leo Feb 07 '21 at 04:42

Logical oparator OR inside for loop

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