Always executing if statment have been messing with it but cant figure out why it always executes

Question

i just started programing and i cant figure out why this this if statment alwayse executes

Month = input("Enter name of month: ")

if Month == 'September' or 'April' or 'June' or 'November':
    print("There are 30 days in that month")

AlexanderBrevig · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-10T22:41:10.077

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You could use in list

Month = input("Enter name of month: ")

if Month in {'September','April','June','November'}:
    print("There are 30 days in that month")

edited Sep 10 '14 at 22:41

answered Sep 10 '14 at 22:34

AlexanderBrevig

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This would throw a type error for comparing a string to a list wouldnt it? – tomer.z Sep 10 '14 at 22:36
Thanks, fixed my code – AlexanderBrevig Sep 10 '14 at 22:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '14 at 22:30

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Your if should be:

if Month == 'September' or Month == 'April' or Month == 'June' or Month == 'November':

When you just right a string (in your case 'April' for instance) or a number that is different than 0 it evaluates to something that is not 0 and so the entire condition is evaluated as True and thats why it always executes the if

answered Sep 10 '14 at 22:30

tomer.z

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So how would i fix that? – user2730962 Sep 10 '14 at 22:32
Please re-read my answer – tomer.z Sep 10 '14 at 22:32
copy paste his code, that's ctrl+c after you've marked the text here, now select the if in your file and ctrl+v – AlexanderBrevig Sep 10 '14 at 22:33
will this work if Month in('September' or 'April' or 'June' or 'November'): – user2730962 Sep 10 '14 at 22:33
wow im dumb i didnt notice the diffrence at first sorry – user2730962 Sep 10 '14 at 22:34

Always executing if statment have been messing with it but cant figure out why it always executes

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