Simple way to test a string of values in an if statement?

[Dreamwisp]

Right now I have a long list of values I want to test against one variable, all to get the same outcome.

Sort of like this:

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    if name == "Bob" or name == "Joe" or name == "Dan" or name == "Jim" or name == "Rob":
        e "That's a three letter name alright."

is there a simpler way to go about this then writing out the "or name==" part over and over? Thankyou!

[xela]

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if name in ("Bob", "Joe", "Dan", "Jim", "Rob"):
    # Meow

Another option:

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if len(name) == 3:
   e "That's a three letter name alright."

But name could as well be 111 with this approach, you'll have to do try/except or isinstance check if you want more control.

[Dreamwisp]

Thankyou very much!

I'm still very new to Ren'py, what do try, except and isinstance checks do?

I have been reading through the documentation, but this is my first real go at coding so I'm still developing the logical mindset and theres alot I don't understand yet

[xela]

Those are python statements, search google instead of documentation. But those are not really needed.

Tutorials point has imo by far the best collection of the most useful Python functionality.

Ren'Py documentation for Ren'Py stuff.