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In Python you can write it like this: if a < b: x = -1 else if a > b: x = 1 else: x = 0 Which a lot of people seem to hate for some reas
by c22 8y ago
In Python you can write it like this:
if a < b: x = -1
else if a > b: x = 1
else: x = 0
Which a lot of people seem to hate for some reason, but I always appreciated the compromise between terseness and clarity.
- o_pax 8y agoPython has its version of the ternary operator as well. It may look unusual due to the different order of the operands, but it works quite nicely, in my opinion: x = (-1 if a < b else 1 if a > b else 0) This emphasizes the possible values that x may be assigned to.
- c22 8y agoI agree, the ternary style is better for this sort of variable assignment situation. Usually if I am using the above pattern I am calling different functions as the result of the conditionals.
- Technetium_Hat 8y agoPython uses the `elif` keyword if you want to place an `else if` on one line. And column indentation isn't very "pythonic", apparently.