Python “if X == Y and Z” syntax

Question

Does this:

if key == \"name\" and item:

mean the same as this:

if key == \"name\" and if key == \"item\":

Answer 1

If you look at the code for example 5.14:

def __setitem__(self, key, item):         
    if key == "name" and item:            
        self.__parse(item)                
    FileInfo.__setitem__(self, key, item)

item is a variable, similar to how key is.

It can be used in the if statement if it evaluates into either true or false.

eg.

happy = True
name = "Peter"
if name == "Peter" and happy:
    print name + " is happy!"