Unsupported operand in if/else statement error in Python

Question

I am a newbie to Python, what am I doing wrong?

if p1_teller == 0 & p1_raw[0:1] != "/":
    print "Loop 1"
else:
    print "Loop 2"

Then I get the following error:

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for &: 'int' and 'str'

Tim · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-10 13:15:38Z

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Python uses and for logical and. & is a bitwise and. Change your code to:

if p1_teller == 0 and p1_raw[0:1] != "/":
    print "Loop 1"
else:
    print "Loop 2"

answered Nov 10, 2013 at 13:15

Tim

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atk · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-10 13:15:35Z

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A brief google search shows python using 'and' for its operator, not &

answered Nov 10, 2013 at 13:15

atk

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you can use & in python also, it just doesn't mean the same thing and is not applicable in this case

Odai Al-Ghamdi · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-10 13:19:27Z

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Use and instead of &
change this :

if p1_teller == 0 & p1_raw[0:1] != "/":

to :

if p1_teller == 0 and p1_raw[0:1] != "/":

answered Nov 10, 2013 at 13:19

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