"Steven D'Aprano" <st...@pearwood.info> wrote
isThumbnail = True if size == "thumbnail" else False
That is technically correct, you could do that. That's a good
example of
the syntax of the `if` expression, but it's a bad example of where
to
use it:
In the sense that an equality test will always give a real
boolean value as a result I agree. But in the more generic
case where we use an expressiioon as a boolean it can
be usful. Specifically if the test involves boolean
operators Python does not return True/False but the
values of the operands. In that case using the if/else
form yields a real boolean result.
eg
flag = True if (smoeValue or another) else False
is different to
flag = someValue or another
Which was why I thought it worth pointing out that the if/else
could be used.
with all due respect to Alan who suggested it. It really is an
unnecessarily complicated and verbose way of doing a
simple assignment,
In the case of an equality test I agree.
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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