Trouble with 'if' statement

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#1 
dinner = ['chicken','veggies','nuts','drink']
relax = ['chair','computer','desk','wine']
if 'bread' in  dinner or relax:
    print('I relax at dinner eating bread')     
else:  
   print('I can not relax at dinner without my bread')    # prints   I relax at dinner eating bread

… WHY ???

#2

Break up your if statement to see what you’re doing.
You have two expressions

“bread” in dinner == False
relax == True

You aren’t checking if bread is in relax , you’re checking if relax is not empty.

Instead you probably want

if “bread” in dinner or “bread” in relax

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#3

Precisely what VoodooMan has said. When you put a list in a conditional test by itself Python just checks if it’s empty (False) or if it’s got something in it (True).

#4

Nice…thats why you are the VoodooMan !!

#5

Thanks Alex…nice !!!

#6

you can also add the lists together like this:

if “bread” in (dinner+ relax):

this way temporarily adds the 2 lists together for the check

#7

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