python - Checking multiple values for a variable

Question

This question already has answers here:

Answer 1

You better use in

    if len(original) and original.isalpha():
        word = original.lower()
        first = word[0]
        print first
        if first in ('a','e','i','o','u'):
            print "vowel"
        else:
            print "consonant"

also you are doing it wrong, if you are trying to use OR clause you must use like this BUT it's not the better pythonic way:

 if first =='a' or first =='e' or first =='i' or first =='o' or first =='u':