Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.017 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; '"if': 0.09; 'statements': 0.09; 'subject:question': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '"elif"': 0.16; '"if"': 0.16; 'email addr:comcast.net': 0.16; 'through,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thanks.': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'from:addr:chris': 0.24; 'received:213.165': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'statement': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'prints': 0.31; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'right?': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'previous': 0.38; 'received:74.125': 0.39; 'chain': 0.60; 'matter': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'content-disposition:inline': 0.62; 'to:addr:comcast.net': 0.91 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:pgp-key :user-agent; bh=zXNeimx+OdbX0ZhZT46ENKN67uYw1OmdumU06jmkDIQ=; b=RUyubxkn0DEDoPmYuBvy0N08DlE02uPGwq3sX18D4hXve/MUbFCX1TfzfKTMXuDXXL PBPalH5riUQEXJYEYuPZDHfOUZxgDklTInYe5OdWpp8xakgUZ/IYAg5xg0BU+m/ZLdgc eAoClAZBEcVY1JSG4hewa74I0ggAMr0lPRuYjfRmobqXlxiokLEBweVUgInmXptJGQm8 +yFFyVr2+v7sSQtWf5JIiU/YndsCcq5u7uuZDWwMUqJzdjoWEGeZ59N96VQqO7YEu2a3 7goVTXt3eSGAeKy4J68GKpVGfk5WKUrgHJb1sdWsvwrvnbhDuGcrQdAxxu4VRRP4FZ/6 4qQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmQ6obgdWB517MhZbjoucIgM5EdP6eqovjoL0djot7K5/cszt7TXQx2DJtpkYcbdZmrNfmc X-Received: by 10.14.211.134 with SMTP id w6mr213967eeo.26.1375825614183; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 23:46:51 +0200 From: Chris Down To: eschneider92@comcast.net Subject: Re: Beginner question References: <6e80b2f8-0b14-43cd-b8af-211ef65d73ba@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+B+y8wtTXqdUj1xM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6e80b2f8-0b14-43cd-b8af-211ef65d73ba@googlegroups.com> PGP-Key: http://chrisdown.name/pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 01:43:20 +0200 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1375832602 news.xs4all.nl 15948 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36946 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:52087 --+B+y8wtTXqdUj1xM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On 2013-08-06 14:35, eschneider92@comcast.net wrote: > Why won't the 'goodbye' part of this code work right? it prints 'ok' no > matter what is typed. Much thanks. "if" statements do not fall through, because the first statement was matched, no other ones in the same chain will be evaluted. "elif" means "else if", where "else" means "if nothing previous matched". --+B+y8wtTXqdUj1xM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSAW7LAAoJEK7pd0+nzJtNhLUIAIN0feaYYURSB2WuJ3u7aF+J Zb1a84jhRCu28CrR5y+exnydriU0JVPZhGKJP7RDJVJG12uO8lXPCsd7wTHtjCMn 5GSz3+1EgGaMWqotkfMT8TVZJORssqHsyEsAOY4LF/3r4CCZu1EKIvsDvIpg06Kv 4g5kmhKI0GZPyLi2KLqkymG34PUrWeK+bHA+na1fYNsGcnoTgJd2vjG3Tn2iuNHV M2A4YPdNmxe3/7SqRjo8CCYkD7OtESoFFTDRgtaSWReco/5Rv+yNjG56RrAoCygs 8NPZViiGiGzizanLno7GrEJKFw5/81yPaP1e+HgofwCqKfe4/4wVxHnIgSS392A= =bLnf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+B+y8wtTXqdUj1xM--