Logical AND question

[3c273]

Hello,
Can someone explain to me why only one of these two if/print statements
prints something? Thanks!
Louis

IDLE 1.0.2 print "This doesn't work!"

print "This does!"


This does!

 

[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

print "This doesn't work!"

This is really

if (s) and (t == '')

which evaluates to false since "if (s)" returns false for the empty
string.

 

[Peter Otten]

This is really

if (s) and (t == '')

which evaluates to false since "if (s)" returns false for the empty
string.

The original poster probably wants
.... print "this works"
....
this works
or the conventional
.... print "but this is more common"
....
but this is more common
Peter

 

[3c273]

Thank you both

The original poster probably wants

... print "this works"
...
this works

or the conventional

... print "but this is more common"
...
but this is more common

Peter