Multiple IF statements in python

Question

I am trying to print the content in a specific cell. i know the cells i want to check before extracting the content to the output. i am using multiple IF statements for this :

if lineCount == 5:
    if line[0]:
        print line[0], 'A5'
        OPfound = 1
        break
    if line[1]:
        print line[1], 'B5'
        OPfound = 1
        break
if lineCount == 4:
    if line[0]:
        print line[0], 'A4'
        OPfound = 1
        break
    if line[1]:
        print line[1],'B4'
        OPfound = 1
        break

The output is in the form :- extracted content, cell number

what i am trying to do is first check if there is any content in A5 - if there is content then extract it...else check for content in B5 - if there is content then extract it...else check content in A4

i am getting output for B5 and A4...but NOT FOR A5

also how do i check content in B4 ONLY if there is no content in A5,B5 and A4...

Answer 1

Darian Moody has a nice solution to this challenge in his blog post:

a = 1
b = 2
c = True

rules = [a == 1,
         b == 2,
         c == True]

if all(rules):
    print("Success!")

The all() method returns True when all elements in the given iterable are true. If not, it returns False.

You can read a little more about it in the python docs here and more information and examples here.

(I also answered the similar question with this info here - How to have multiple conditions for one if statement in python)