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J. Ryan Hall

Hey there 👋 I’m Ryan! I’ve always been interested in computers and programming, but getting into Python has really made things click in a special way! I am working to become a web developer (currently favoring backend work) preferring to code in Python and learning more every day. Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter @JRyanHall94

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    Testing membership and empty strings

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    I was working on one of the exercises on the Pybites platform (Bite 29) and encountered a situation I didn’t understand. I needed to check a set of inputs to see if they were alphanumeric or not as part of the solution to the exercise. I succeeded in all but one test, but I couldn’t tell why one failed so I researched why that was and would like to share it. Note – if you haven’t completed the Bite, the solution might be partially spoiled below so maybe you want to do the exercise before reading on. Membership testing is…