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Python From Scratch

Python If ... Else


Lesson 10 Content
• Python Conditions and If statements
• Indentation
• Elif
• Else
• Short Hand If
• Short Hand If ... Else
• And
• Or
• Not
• Nested If
• The pass Statement
• Python - If ... Else Exercises
Python If ... Else
Python Conditions and If statements
Python supports the usual logical conditions from mathematics:
• Equals: a == b
• Not Equals: a != b
• Less than: a < b
• Less than or equal to: a <= b
• Greater than: a > b
• Greater than or equal to: a >= b
These conditions can be used in several ways, most commonly in "if statements" and loops.
An "if statement" is written by using the if keyword.
Example
If statement:
a = 33
b = 200
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")

In this example we use two variables, a and b, which are used as part of the if statement to test
whether b is greater than a. As a is 33, and b is 200, we know that 200 is greater than 33, and so we
print to screen that "b is greater than a".
Indentation
Python relies on indentation (whitespace at the beginning of a line) to define scope in the code. Other
programming languages often use curly-brackets for this purpose.
Example
If statement, without indentation (will raise an error):
a = 33
b = 200
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a") # you will get an error

Elif
The elif keyword is Python's way of saying "if the previous conditions were not true, then try this
condition".
Example
a = 33
b = 33
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
elif a == b:
print("a and b are equal")

In this example a is equal to b, so the first condition is not true, but the elif condition is true, so we print
to screen that "a and b are equal".
Else
The else keyword catches anything which isn't caught by the preceding conditions.
Example
a = 200
b = 33
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
elif a == b:
print("a and b are equal")
else:
print("a is greater than b")

In this example a is greater than b, so the first condition is not true, also the elif condition is not true, so
we go to the else condition and print to screen that "a is greater than b".
You can also have an else without the elif:
Example
a = 200
b = 33
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
else:
print("b is not greater than a")

Short Hand If
If you have only one statement to execute, you can put it on the same line as the if statement.
Example
One line if statement:
if a > b: print("a is greater than b")

Short Hand If ... Else


If you have only one statement to execute, one for if, and one for else, you can put it all on the same
line:
Example
One line if else statement:
a = 2
b = 330
print("A") if a > b else print("B")

This technique is known as Ternary Operators, or Conditional Expressions.


You can also have multiple else statements on the same line:
Example
One line if else statement, with 3 conditions:
a = 330
b = 330
print("A") if a > b else print("=") if a == b else print("B")
And Or
The and keyword is a logical operator, and is The or keyword is a logical operator, and is used
used to combine conditional statements: to combine conditional statements:
Example Example
Test if a is greater than b, AND if c is greater Test if a is greater than b, OR if a is greater
than a: than c:
a = 200 a = 200
b = 33 b = 33
c = 500 c = 500
if a > b and c > a: if a > b or a > c:
print("Both conditions are True") print("At least one of the
conditions is True")
Not
The not keyword is a logical operator, and is used to reverse the result of the conditional statement:
Example
Test if a is NOT greater than b:
a = 33
b = 200
if not a > b:
print("a is NOT greater than b")

Nested If
You can have if statements inside if statements, this is called nested if statements.
Example
x = 41
if x > 10:
print("Above ten,")
if x > 20:
print("and also above 20!")
else:
print("but not above 20.")

The pass Statement


if statements cannot be empty, but if you for some reason have an if statement with no content, put in
the pass statement to avoid getting an error.
Example
a = 33
b = 200
if b > a:
pass

Test Yourself With Exercises


Exercise:
Print "Hello World" if a is greater than b.
a = 50
b = 10
a b
print("Hello World")

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