Hi. Here is some code:
if (message.value[0] == "/" or message.value[0] == "\"):
do stuff.
I'm sure it's a simple syntax error, but something is wrong with my if statement. Any ideas to help out a python newbie?
Cheers
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A:
Escape the backslash:
if message.value[0] == "/" or message.value[0] == "\\":
From the documentation:
The backslash (\) character is used to escape characters that otherwise have a special meaning, such as newline, backslash itself, or the quote character.
Adam Bernier
2010-01-13 18:16:18
The parentheses are valid, but meaningless.
Adam Crossland
2010-01-13 18:17:18
+1
A:
Try like this:
if message.value[0] == "/" or message.value[0] == "\\":
do_stuff
gruszczy
2010-01-13 18:16:55
+16
A:
when you check for equality, you can also simply do this:
if message.value[0] in ( '/', '\\' ):
do_stuff
poke
2010-01-13 18:18:11
If you can be certain that `message.value[0]` is a string of length 1 (yes, I know, I know...).
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2010-01-13 18:23:26
message.value[0] in "/\\ can be dangerous - too easy to screw up during maintenance 2 weeks later, or by another programmer.
Hamish Grubijan
2010-01-13 18:24:17
If you wanted to allow for `message` being an empty string, the idiom would be `if message.value[:1] in ('/', '\\')`.
bobince
2010-01-13 18:36:12