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7.if Else & Elif Conditionals in Python

This document discusses if, else, and elif conditionals in Python. It defines them as multiway decision statements that allow a program's execution to vary based on conditions. It explains that elif is short for else if and is used like the else-if statement in other languages. It then provides more details on how if/elif/else statements work and are executed by the compiler. It notes some technical aspects, like that there is no limit to the number of elif statements but only one else, and nested if statements are possible. It concludes with an example of using pass to remove an if statement without rewriting code.

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7.if Else & Elif Conditionals in Python

This document discusses if, else, and elif conditionals in Python. It defines them as multiway decision statements that allow a program's execution to vary based on conditions. It explains that elif is short for else if and is used like the else-if statement in other languages. It then provides more details on how if/elif/else statements work and are executed by the compiler. It notes some technical aspects, like that there is no limit to the number of elif statements but only one else, and nested if statements are possible. It concludes with an example of using pass to remove an if statement without rewriting code.

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If Else & Elif Conditionals In Python

Let's start today's topic of “If else and elif in python”, with
a definition:

“If, else and elif statement can be defined as a multiway


decision taken by our program due to the certain
conditions in our code.”

For few viewers, the term “elif” is new as they are not
familiar with the word and it is also not like most of the
other words such as list or loops, etc. that have the same
meaning in the English language and in Python
programming. In fact, in English “elif” means honest. But if
you have ever done programming in any language, you
must be familiar with “else-if” statement, well “elif” is just
that.

Now coming towards a more formal sort of description. “If


and else” are known as decision-making statements for
our program. They are very similar to the decision making
we apply in our everyday life that depends on certain
conditions. The everyday example is thoroughly explained
in the tutorial so I will not waste your time on that,
instead, I would now like to focus on more technical
details.

Let us focus a little on the working:

Our compiler will execute the if statement to check


whether it is true or false now if it’s true the compiler will
execute the code in the “if” section of the program and
skip the bunch of code written in “elif” and “else”. But if
the “if” condition is false then the compiler will move
towards the elif section and keep on running the code
until it finds a true statement(there could be multiple elif
statements). If this does not happen then it will execute
the code written in the “else” part of the program.
An “if” statement is a must because without an if we
cannot apply “else” or “else-if” statement. On the other
hand else or else if statement are not necessary because
if we have to check between only two conditions we use
only “if and else” and even though if we require code to
run only when the statement returns true and do nothing if
it returns false then an else statement is not required at
all.

Now Let’s talk about some technical issues related to the


working of decision statements:

 There is no limit to the number of conditions that we


could use in our program. We can apply as many elif
statements as we want but we can only use one
“else” and one “if” statement.
 We can use nested if statements i.e. if statement
within an if statement. It is quite helpful in many
cases.
 Decision statements can be written using logical
conditions which are:
 Equal to
 Not equal to
 Less than
 Greater than
 Greater than equal to
 Less than equal to

We can also use Boolean or our custom-made conditions


too.

Bonus part:

As we know that an “if” statement is necessary and you


can’t have an “else” or “else-if” without it, but let’s
suppose you have a large amount of code and for some
reason, you have to remove the “if” part of the code
(because maybe your code is better without it) but you do
not want to do lots of coding again. Then the solution is
just to write pass instead of the code and this will help
your code run without any error without executing the if
part.

Code file as described in the video

# var1 = 6
# var2 = 56
# var3 = int(input())
# if var3>var2:
# print("Greater")
# elif var3==var2:
# print("Equal")
# else:
# print("Lesser")

# list1 = [5, 7, 3]
# print(15 not in list1)
# if 15 not in list1:
# print("No its not in the list")

# Quiz
print("What is your age?")
age = int(input())
if age<18:
print("You cannot drive")

elif age==18:
print("We will think about you")

else:

print("You can drive")

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