Why is a boolean of False produced rather than true?

Question

division = ["Division","Divide","/","div"]
multiplication = ["*","x","times","multiply","multiplication","multiple"]
subtraction = ["-",'minus','subtract','subtraction']
addition = ['+','plus','addition','add']
root = ['root','squareroot','square root']
square = ['square','squared','power 2']

choice = input('calculation type')
print(choice == (division or multiplication or subtraction or addition))

Answer 1

Whenever you input the choice, the program is expecting the user to enter the entire list, not just a single element. Instead you should say something like:

if choice in division:
mode = 'd'

Or something to that effect.

Answer 2

The only way to check for it in multiple lists would be to create a list of lists, I'd think.

Answer 3

is it possible to check if choice is in multiple lists?

Answer 4

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