Conditional At End Of Line Python Code Example


Example 1: 1 line if statement python


value_when_true if condition else value_when_false

Example 2: python inline if


Python does not have a trailing if statement.
There are two kinds of if in Python:

1. if statement:

if condition: statement
if condition:
block

2. if expression (introduced in Python 2.5)

expression_if_true if condition else expression_if_false

And note, that both print a and b = a are statements. Only the a part is an expression. So if you write
print a if b else 0

it means
print (a if b else 0)

and similarly when you write
x = a if b else 0

it means
x = (a if b else 0)

Now what would it print/assign if there was no else clause? The print/assignment is still there.
And note, that if you don't want it to be there, you can always write the regular if statement on a single line, though it's less readable and there is really no reason to avoid the two-line variant.

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