Problem with accepting multiple string inputs

[Ryan_Todd]

Hello guys,

Please see the below

my_name = input("What is your name? ")
my_secondname = input("What is your second name? ")
age = int(input("What is your age? "))

measurement = input("What unit of measurement would you like to use, Imperial or Metric? (imp or met) ")
if measurement == "imp" or "Imperial" or "imperial" or "Imp":
   # if measurement == "imp" or "Imperial" or "imperial" or "Imp":
    imp_weight = int(input("What is your weight? (Numbers only lbs) "))
    imp_height = int(input("What is your height? (Numbers only inches) "))

I would like the input of 'measurement' to equal any variation of the word imperial.

Can anyone assist with this?

I have been told other questions explain this to me but can someone explain it to me in this specific case because i am new to python and will understand it better with my own code.

Thank you,
Ryan

[buran]

https://python-forum.io/Thread-Multiple-...or-keyword

[jefsummers]

Something like

meas = "IMPerI"
if meas.lower() in "imperial" :
    print("Imp")
else:
    print("Metric")

[sandeep_ganga]

try this to see if that helps,

my_name = input("What is your name? ")
my_secondname = input("What is your second name? ")
age = int(input("What is your age? "))
 
measurement = input("What unit of measurement would you like to use, Imperial or Metric? (imp or met) ")
if measurement.lower() == "imp" or "imperial":
   
    imp_weight = int(input("What is your weight? (Numbers only lbs) "))
    imp_height = int(input("What is your height? (Numbers only inches) "))

Output:
python test1.py
What is your name? ff
What is your second name? hh
What is your age? 22
What unit of measurement would you like to use, Imperial or Metric? (imp or met) IMperial
What is your weight? (Numbers only lbs) 2
What is your height? (Numbers only inches) 3

Best Regards,
Sandeep

GANGA SANDEEP KUMAR

[buran]

if measurement[:3].lower() == "imp" and measurement.lower() == "imperial":

you don't want to use and. this way imp will not work

measurement = input("What unit of measurement would you like to use, Imperial or Metric? (imp or met) ")
if measurment.lower() in ('imp', 'imperial'):

[buran]

if measurement.lower() == "imp" or "imperial":

now you replicate OP error :-)
I have shown in my previous post one way
the other is

if measurement.lower() == "imp" or measurement.lower() == "imperial":