python - What is the correct syntax for 'else if'? - Stack Overflow
"Elif" seems to have originated with the C preprocessor, which used #elif long before Python AFAICT. Obviously, in that context having a single-token directive is valuable, since parsing #else if <code> vs. #else <code that could theoretically even be an if statement> would've complicated a syntax that was intended to be bog-simple. –
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when to use if vs elif in python - Stack Overflow
Apr 1, 2014 · In some cases, elif is required for correct semantics. This is the case when the conditions are not mutually exclusive: if x == 0: result = 0 elif y == 0: result = None else: result = x / y In some cases it is efficient because the interpreter doesn't need to check all conditions, which is the case in your example.
python - Using in range(..) in an if-else statment - Stack Overflow
Aug 27, 2012 · python 2.7. Is it possible to do this: print "Enter a number between 1 and 10:" number = raw_input("> ") if number in range(1, 5): print "You entered a number in the range of 1 to 5" elif number in range(6, 10): print "You entered a number in the range of 6 to 10" else: print "Your number wasn't in the correct range"
python - Difference between multiple if's and elif's ... - Stack …
Feb 14, 2012 · The 'elif' caused a dependency with the 'if' so that if the original 'if' was satisfied the 'elif' will not initiate even if the 'elif' logic satisfied the condition as well. Let's change the second 'elif' to an 'if' instead.
else & elif statements not working in Python - Stack Overflow
elif and else must immediately follow the end of the if block, or Python will assume that the block has closed without them. if 1: pass <--- this line must be indented at the same level as the `pass` else: pass In your code, the interpreter finishes the if block when the indentation, so the elif and the else aren't associated with it. They are ...
Python - Using a while loop with an if/elif statement
Nov 14, 2015 · It looks like you're just starting to learn python, you should really learn python 3, it's out for 10 years already, has fewer quirks and more features. – simonzack Commented Nov 14, 2015 at 17:48
Why does Python not implement the elif statement on try …
Aug 20, 2015 · Apart from that what you are trying to do can obviously all be done inside the try/except. If you use an else it belongs to the try the same as when you use an else with a for loop, I think it makes perfect sense to only use else and not allow elif, elif's are there to behave like switch/case statements in other languages.
Python, why elif keyword? - Stack Overflow
No, elif is the analogue of else if in C, which has precisely equivalent power (even though it's implemented with different parsing rules). You can use else if instead of case even in C. And this certainly has nothing to do with why elif is used in python rather than else if. –
Python 2.7 if / elif statement with or - Stack Overflow
Jan 6, 2016 · i'm fairly new to python so i'm sure i'm doing something wrong. i am defining a function which accepts a string variable. i can not be sure exactly what the variable will be, but there a are a 3 va...