How do I properly use var[0] interpretation
<p>I'm new to Python and trying to make a Pig Latin Translator. My situation is that the "type" of Pig Latin you use is dependent on where a vowel and/or consonant is at the begging of the word. This causes me to use stuff like "my_var[0] = new_var". My problem is I'm trying to interpret if a variable from a raw input is contains certain string characters, like "a", "x", etc. If anyone could correct my code, as well, that would be awesome! Thanks for your help in the advance :) !</p>

<pre><code>print "Hello. Welcome to the Pig Latin translator! :)"# Welcome MSG
eng = raw_input("Please enter in a word in English to translate to Pig Latin.")#Asking the user to input something
if eng[0] == "a" + "b"+"c" :# I'm say if the first letter equals a constant.
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