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leonard jurado
12,445 PointsIs there a way to short cut this code/script?
Hi guys, is there a way to shortcut this code/script?
while True: new_item = input("> ")
if new_item == 'DONE'.lower():
break
elif new_item == 'DONE'.upper():
break
elif new_item == 'Done':
break
Thanks
4 Answers
Kai Kovacik
5,769 Pointsif new_item.lower() == "done": break
Lawrence Maripfonde
8,102 PointsYou may also try,
while True:
new_item = input("> ")
new_item2 = new_item.upper()
if new_item2 == 'DONE':
break
Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 PointsHi Leonard,
Instead of comparing the exact text that the user entered with all the combinations of upper and lower case you can think of, consider just comparing an all-lower (or upper) case version of the user's input to just the corresponding version of 'done'.
Cheers
Alex
Edgar huamantla
1,421 PointsFor the purpose of evaluating the condition, you could force it to new_item.lower(). But it will return back to its original value.
example:
new_item = 'DonE'
if new_item.lower() == 'done':
break
(This will evaluate to true)
print(new_item) would show 'DonE' because the string was passed to the lower method. The lower method returned a new string 'done' for the purpose of evaluating the condition.