While loop multiple conditions not working

Question

I tried to add a condition to where if the while loop meets a "Y" or "y" it will still move the letters to the end, but keep "Y" or "y" at the beginning, yet the loop will end and just add "ay"

print("Pig Latin Translator Test!")
name = raw_input("What is your name, friend?")
if len(name) > 0 and name.isalpha():
    print("Hello!")
else:
    print("That's not a name!")
word = raw_input("What is your word?")
VOWELS = ("a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U")
YList = ("Y", "y")
if word[0] in VOWELS:
    word = word + "yay"
else:

This is the section causing problems:

    while word[0] in YList or (not VOWELS):
        word = word[1:] + word[0]
    word = word + "ay"
print (word)

Why do you use both capital and lowercase characters for the vowels instead of using the .upper() and .lower() functions? — Gilbert Allen
– Gilbert Allen, Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 11:53
It is a pig latin converter;However, it is not a duplicate of that code. — Sergio
– Sergio, Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 19:49

Ray Toal · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-02 07:20:30Z

1

The value of (not VOWELS) is always falsy because VOWELS is truthy.

You meant to write:

while word[0] in YList or (word[0] not in VOWELS):

answered Jul 2, 2015 at 7:20

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