Ternary Operator

The Ternary Operator

The ternary operator allows you to assign one value if a condition is true, and another if it is false:

Example

num = 6

x = "WEEKEND!" if num > 5 else "Workday"

print(x)

Note: The ternary operator is not an actual operator, it is a conditional expression, or a shorthand if statement.

Instead of Elif:

The ternary operator can be used instead of elif in longer if statements:

Example

num = 6

x = "Fri" if num == 5 else "Sat" if num == 6 else "Sun" if num == 7 else "weekday"

print(x)