Mar 5, 2013 · "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, …

@jdi Though conditional-expressions may not be to your taste, they were specifically designed to handle if-elif-elif-else chains, just as the OP requested. They aren't hard to learn and can …

Jan 13, 2015 · if platform == 'ios': do_something() elif platform == 'android': do_something_else() And this piece of code was strongly criticized by one of my colleague. He accused me why I …

Dec 25, 2012 · if expression1: statement1 elif expression2: statement2 else: statement3 Or a real-world example: if i > 100: x = 2 elif i < 100: x = 1 else: x = 0 I just feel if the example above …

May 12, 2020 · On the other hand by using elif you'll be able to have all the different code paths on the same level of indentation. Here is an example. if a: A() else: if b: B() else: if c: C() As …

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 …

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 …

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May 8, 2014 · They don't have priorities for itself, what really matters is the order, so the first condition will be checked and if the first condition is False than the second condition is …

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 …