How to simplify multiple conditions in Python

Question

I wrote a script in python that parses some strings.

The problem is that I need to check if the string contains some parts. The way I found is not smart enough.

Here is my code:

if ("CondA" not in message) or ("CondB" not in message) or ("CondC" not in message) or ...:

Is there a way to optimize this? I have 6 other checks for this condition.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '13 at 22:06

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You can use any function:

if any(c not in message for c in ("CondA", "CondB", "CondC")):
    ...

answered Dec 08 '13 at 22:06

ndpu

I could use a list in the cycle? E.g.: for c in list – GiuseppeP Dec 08 '13 at 22:10

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '13 at 22:06

2

Use a generator with any() or all():

if any(c not in message for c in ('CondA', 'CondB', ...)):
    ...

In Python 3, you could also make use of map() being lazy:

if not all(map(message.__contains__, ('CondA', 'CondB', ...))):

answered Dec 08 '13 at 22:06

Blender

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