How to write the ternary conditional operator in python? [duplicate]

Question

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Conditional operator in Python?

Is there a c-like operator in python that check if a condition holds and assign a value accordingly?

<condition> ? <operation> : <operation>

Answer 1

The syntax is different in Python.

<operation> if <condition> else <operation>

For example,

x = max(y, z)

is roughly the same as:

x = z if z > y else y