logic question

[Patrick C]

i'm having a mental block with logic statements...

if i want to say something like

"if a or b or c, the do X, else if d or e do Y"

what's the syntax for getting the OR in, because just or doesn't seem to do it

[bvdet]

i'm having a mental block with logic statements...

if i want to say something like

"if a or b or c, the do X, else if d or e do Y"

what's the syntax for getting the OR in, because just or doesn't seem to do it

It could look like this:

>>> a = 1
>>> b = 0
>>> c = 0
>>> d = 0
>>> e = 1
>>> if True in [a,b,c]:
...     print 'X'
...     
X
>>> a = []
>>> b = 'A string'
>>> if a or b or c:
...     print 'X'
...     
X
>>> b = ''
>>> if a or b or c:
...     print 'X'
... elif d or e:
...     print 'Y'
...     
Y