Tamagochi Selection | Python 3.0 | Begginer

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Well, I'm trying to make an initial tamagochi selection (ignore the names, just testing), but I doesn't work.

When I type 2 or 3 or any other name than Rattatouie, I get: "Rattatouie é o seu novo Tamagochi!". In English it would be "Rattatouie is your new Tamagochi!" (I'm brazilian)

def pick_tamagochi():
    print('*'*20,"Tamagochi 2018",20*'*')
    print('1 - Rattatouie')
    print('2 - Rabbitack')
    print('3 - Sonic Hedgehog')
    TamagochiSelect = input('>>> Escolha seu Tamagochi:')

    if TamagochiSelect == '1' or 'Rattatouie':
        TamagochiSelect = 'Rattaouie'
        print('Rattatouie é o seu novo Tamagochi!')
    elif TamagochiSelect == '2' or 'Rabbitack':
        TamagochiSelect = 'Rabbitack'
        print('Rabbitack é o seu novo Tamagochi! ')
    elif TamagochiSelect == '3' or 'Sonic Hedgehog':
        TamagochiSelect = 'Sonic'
        print('Sonic é o seu novo Tamagochi!')
    else: 
        print('Nome não compatível')

print(pick_tamagochi())

Does anyone knows how I can solve it?

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3 Answers

You have to use the in operator to test for multiple values:

if TamagochiSelect in ('1', 'Rattatouie'):

Otherwise TamagochiSelect == '1' or 'Rattatouie' simply means to test if TamagochiSelect is equal to '1' or if 'Rattatouie' is True, which 'Rattatouie' always is (because it is a non-empty string).

user_68909120

Your conditional should be written as:

if TamagochiSelect == '1' or TamagochiSelect == 'Rattatouie':

Otherwise Python will interpret it as (if TamagochiSelect == '1') or (TamagochiSelect) and non-empty strings evaluate to True (you can verify it by typing bool('some string') and bool(''))

user_29261130

the problem is that your boolean operator(OR) is not placed correctly, it check on the left side and sees

TamagochiSelect == '1'

this returns False but on the right it sees

'Rattatouie'

which is always True . A solution would be 

if TamagochiSelect == '1' or TamagochiSelect == 'Rattatouie':
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