How to make multiple conditions on python next cord

Question

So I want to make a command where for only a few certain people it says something specific and for the others that aren't specified on the code, it will just say a normal thing.

@client.command()
async def test(ctx):
    if ctx.author.id == 1:
        await ctx.reply('Hello Person 1')
    if ctx.author.id == 2:
        await ctx.reply("Hello Person 2")
    if not ctx.author.id == 1 and 2:
        await ctx.reply ("Hello")

Something like the code above, which I did in fact try, but it will not count the second condition on line 7. Anyone have a solution?

Answer 1

ctx.author.id == 1 and 2

This is True if ctx.author.id == 1 and 2. Since 2 is not 0 and thus always truthy, the entire expression is always True if ctx.author.id == 1

The not then reverses that, so the entire expression as you used it is always True if ctx.author.id != 1

What you meant was:

not (ctx.author.id == 1 or ctx.author.id == 2)

Or:

ctx.author.id != 1 and ctx.author.id != 2

Or:

ctx.author.id not in [1, 2]

Even this does not work:

not ctx.author.id == (1 and 2)

Because that just computes 1 and 2 (neither is 0, so the result is a truthy 2). Not what you are after, since that just ends up testing if ctx.author.id equals 2 (confusingly).