Using the "or" operator with strings in an "if" statement

Question

is there anyway of fixing this statement

if (sAwnser == ("hello" || "Hello" || "hi" || "Hi" || "hey" || "Hey" || "Hay" || "hey"))
{

}

it comes up with the error

Operator '||' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'string'

if anyone can help it would be much appreciated

Answer 1

For avoiding so many comparisons you can do

var list = new string[] {"hello", "Hello", "hi", "Hi", "hey", "Hey", "Hay", "hey"};

if (list.Contains(answer))
{
}

Answer 2

You have to explicitly reference the first variable every time.

sAwnser == "hello" returns a boolean. You cannot compare a boolean to a string.

What you could do is create a collection and add all your separate strings to that. Afterwards you can use .Contains() on it.