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Python Object-Oriented Python Dice Roller Project Breakdown

Posted by Stephen Lorenz
Stephen Lorenz
3,271 Points

What does the "or" do in self.value = value or random.rantint(1,sides)

In Kenneth's example, what does the "or" do there? it seems like it'd make a boolean comparison between value (in his examples is 0) and whatever random number got returned. Why not just have the random number generator return a value?

1 Answer

Eric Peppler
Eric Peppler
3,675 Points
Eric Peppler
Eric Peppler
3,675 Points

If value = 0, which it is initialized as, self.value will only be equal to random.rantint(1,sides). If, however, value is defined as nonzero then self.value = value, regardless of what random.rantint(1,sides) ends up being. Hope that helps.

Stephen Lorenz
Stephen Lorenz
3,271 Points

oooh, ok, cool! Thank you!