Python consecutive if statements

Asked Mar 11 '16 at 18:35

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I recently missed parenthesis in an if statement in the code and code still works.

a = True  
b = False  
c = True  
if a if b else c:  
    print 'Hello'

I used K-map to get the solution and this statement is equivalent to

(a and b) or (not b and c)

Can anyone explain why is this happening?

asked Mar 11 '16 at 18:35

Sanindra

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You have a conditional expression. `truevalue if test else falsevalue`. Since `b` is `False`, `c` is returned here. – Martijn Pieters Mar 11 '16 at 18:37
yeah.. but conditional statement doesn't end with a colon. – Sanindra Mar 11 '16 at 18:41
Nope, it doesn't. But the `if :` statement *does*. – Martijn Pieters Mar 11 '16 at 18:42
ah! I get it.. so it is equivalent to if (a if b else c): print 'Hello' – Sanindra Mar 11 '16 at 18:47

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