equality operator == not working correctly

Question

I'm trying to write a simple text-based game. Everything seems to be working. At the end, I want to add an option to play again. I put the whole thing in a loop and at the end, I added:

again = input('Would you like to play again? (Y/N) ')
if again == "Y" or "y":
    continue
else:
    break

Input seems to be storing the correct input but when compared to 'Y' or 'y' returns true no matter what the input is.

I confirmed that the input is correct. Edited the code to visualize it better.

again = input('Would you like to play again? (Y/N) ')
print(again)
if again == "Y" or "y":
    print("True")
else:
    print("False")

This was the output which didn't make sense to me.

Would you like to play again? (Y/N) n
n
True

Your statement is parsed `if (again == "Y") or ("y"):`, and the string "y" is always true. Instead, do `if again in 'Yy':` or `if again.lower() == 'y':`. — Tim Roberts, Jun 29 '23 at 18:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '23 at 18:01

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Try changing:

if again == "Y" or "y":

to:

if again == "Y" or again == "y":

answered Jun 29 '23 at 18:01

Pragmatic_Lee

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score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 07 '23 at 06:45

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if again == 'Y' or again == 'y':

edited Jul 07 '23 at 06:45

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answered Jun 29 '23 at 18:02

Arekk192

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Answers that are code-only with no explanation are not generally acceptable. – Tim Roberts Jun 29 '23 at 18:03

equality operator == not working correctly

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