Is There a Limit on the Number of If Statements?

[RoboKnight]

So in the beginning of my game, I have several...safety barriers...in order to prevent people from naming themselves certain things (aka my friend input the N-word when he playtested my game for the first time) and some easter eggs if friends of mine input their (very specific) nicknames. I end up with 5 (only 4 will be shown so I don't have a bunch of expletives here) If statements, but after the third If statement, all my other conditions go straight to said third If statement. Here is my code:

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label start:

     scene bg black
     
     label game_start:
     
    $ player_name = renpy.input("What is your name?", length=14)
    $ player_name = player_name.strip()
    $ player_name = player_name.upper()
    if player_name == "ARTHUR":
        "Ah, so perhaps you remember...But nevermind that."
    if player_name == "":
        "You do not remember your name? Then you shall be granted one that may spark your memory..."
        $ player_name = "Arthur"
    if player_name == "JADE", "BRAD", "BRIAN", "PHIPPEN", "SHARON", "STUDENT":
        "Sincere apologies, but that name is already taken."
        jump game_start
    if player_name == "BOMBERBLU":
        "Try again, Ben."
        jump game_start

If I input "bomberblu", then the response I receive is "Sincere apologies, but that name is already taken." Is there a way to get around this? Changing the last three If statements to "elif" doesn't change anything.

[IrinaLazareva]

try

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    if player_name == "ARTHUR":
        "Ah, so perhaps you remember...But nevermind that."
    elif player_name == "":
        "You do not remember your name? Then you shall be granted one that may spark your memory..."
        $ player_name = "Arthur"
    elif player_name in ["JADE", "BRAD", "BRIAN", "PHIPPEN", "SHARON", "STUDENT"]:
        "Sincere apologies, but that name is already taken."
        jump game_start
    elif player_name == "BOMBERBLU":
        "Try again, Ben."
        jump game_start

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/intr ... html#lists
https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/cont ... statements
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/conditio ... -statement

[RoboKnight]

try

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    if player_name == "ARTHUR":
        "Ah, so perhaps you remember...But nevermind that."
    elif player_name == "":
        "You do not remember your name? Then you shall be granted one that may spark your memory..."
        $ player_name = "Arthur"
    elif player_name in ["JADE", "BRAD", "BRIAN", "PHIPPEN", "SHARON", "STUDENT"]:
        "Sincere apologies, but that name is already taken."
        jump game_start
    elif player_name == "BOMBERBLU":
        "Try again, Ben."
        jump game_start

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/intr ... html#lists
https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/cont ... statements
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/conditio ... -statement

Like I've mentioned, using "elif" does nothing (sorry for the late reply, I didn't see it)

[Draziya]

Whether elif does or does not do anything doesn't really matter, in this case. Irena put square brackets around the Jade, Brad etc statement, which should fix the problem.

When I was doing my own testing with your code, I too, found out that the problem was with that particular if statement. It meant that even if I didn't input a name, it still said it was already taken! I fixed it with a similar solution (using normal brackets not square)

[RoboKnight]

Whether elif does or does not do anything doesn't really matter, in this case. Irena put square brackets around the Jade, Brad etc statement, which should fix the problem.

When I was doing my own testing with your code, I too, found out that the problem was with that particular if statement. It meant that even if I didn't input a name, it still said it was already taken! I fixed it with a similar solution (using normal brackets not square)

Wow I really should've listened to my doctor when he said I needed glasses lol. I didn't even notice the brackets!! Thank you for pointing out they were there, or else I would've rotted in this chair, forever stumped TT.TT
Sorry Irena >.>

EDIT: everything worked, except for when I tried to put brackets around my 29-word long list of expletives (in the same format as the "Jade, Brad, etc.)...it would just say "Welcome to your journey (censored)!" (censorship for this forum, not in the program)

[Draziya]

Oops, forgot to also point out that it's not just the brackets that do the trick, but also the fact that it's

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in ["JADE", "BRAD", "BRIAN", "PHIPPEN", "SHARON", "STUDENT"]:

not

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== ["JADE", "BRAD", "BRIAN", "PHIPPEN", "SHARON", "STUDENT"]:

You want the code to see if a string is in a list, not that a string somehow equals an entire list.

[RoboKnight]

Oh it works now! Thank you! My eyes definitely skipped over the "in" keyword. Thank you so much again for pointing that out for me!