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The Python Quick Syntax Reference
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The Python Quick Syntax Reference

by Gregory Walters
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
152 pages
2h 8m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 5

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Conditional Statements

Conditional statements are an important part of many programs. They allow logic control of our programs. There are three main conditional statement types in Python. If / Elif / Else conditionals, For loops and While loops.

IF / ELIF / ELSE Statements

The if statements allow us to check the truth of a statement or statements and apply logic to the various possibilities. The if statement is simple at its heart.

if (statement) :    # do the following code    # do this line as well# This line is NOT part of the if statement.

The statement starts with the 'if' keyword (the 'if' must be in lowercase) followed by the ...

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