On 31 mar, 18:32, "Steven W. Orr" <ste... at syslang.net> wrote: > Here's what I want to do: > > if ( ( v == 1 ) > or ( v == 2 ) > or ( v == 3 ) ): > pass Why the parens ? if a == 1 \ or b == 2 \ or c == 3: pass