two conditionals with intermediate code

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i encounter this case a lot. in an elif sequence of code i need to perform 2 tests at one place. that often means an and or or between 2 tests. sometimes the 2nd test needs to run some code to produce what is to be tested. i usually have to put that code before the first if. sometimes i can do the test in a function. in C i could store the value to be tested if it was part of the 1st test. i wonder if anyone has worked out a general way of this that is Pythonic.