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Conditionals

Updated Oct 28, 2019 ·

If and Else​

An If Statement begins with if, followed by a condition and a colon. The indented code runs if the condition is True.

if x > 5:
    print("x is greater than 5")

Else Statement​

An Else Statement executes code when the preceding if condition evaluates to False.

if x > 5:
    print("x is greater than 5")
else:
    print("x is less than or equal to 5")

Branching Syntax​

In the example below, multiple conditions are checked using if, elif, and else:

if condition1:
    # if-block
elif condition2:
    # elif-block
else:
    # else-block

If condition1 is not met, condition2 is checked. If both are not met, then it goes through the else block.