Embarrasing questio

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Michele Simionato wrote:
> On Feb 12, 5:07 pm, TechieInsights <GDoerm... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Feb 12, 9:03 am, Catherine Heathcote
>>
>> <catherine.heathc... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> But I just cant find it. How do I do an or, as in c/c++'s ||? Just
>>> trying to do something simple, the python equivilent of:
>>> if(i % 3 == 0 || i % 5 == 0)
>>> Thanks.
>> in 2.5 and above you can do
>> if any(i%3 == 0, i%5 == 0)
> 
> You are missing a few parenthesis: if any([i%3 == 0, i%5 == 0]) (but
> the idiomatic solution is to use or).
> 
any() is really only useful with a generator, otherwise you're always
evaluating both conditions, unlike the solution with 'or'.