python one line return value if availab if not return None [duplicate]

Question

Lets say I have a variable name = "Jack". I can check it like this

if name:
    return name
else:
    name = None
    return name

Is there any way to handle it in one line like:

new_name = name if not return none Which simply return the variable value if available and if not then it should return None

Answer 1

Yes, you could do it in one line as shown in my comment:

return name if name else None

Or even simpler for this specific case (as pointed out by Martijn):

return name or None