"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> …

Feb 14, 2012 · Multiple if's means your code would go and check all the if conditions, where as in case of elif, if one if condition satisfies it would not check other conditions..

Apr 1, 2014 · If I have a function with multiple conditional statements where every branch gets executed returns from the function. Should I use multiple if statements, or if/elif/else? For example, say I have a

@cᴏʟᴅsᴘᴇᴇᴅ If you mean "not only inside of a lambda ", then yes, this does work anywhere. In fact, this is the only way I know for making a one-line if - elif - else, except using an or / and trick.

Jun 18, 2013 · I've got a in if-elif-elif-else statement in which 99% of the time, the else statement is executed:

10 Assuming the invalid syntax is a typo, the big benefit of elif vs having an else statement with a nested if is indentation. Each time you go into a nested if you'll need to indent again, which will destroy …

Is it best practice to include an else: pass statement at the end of a Python if or if/elif statement? Asked 11 years, 9 months ago Modified 4 years, 10 months ago Viewed 12k times

Dec 25, 2012 · Is there an easier way of writing an if-elif-else statement so it fits on one line? For example, if expression1: statement1 elif expression2: statement2 else: statement3 Or a real-world

I just started Python programming, and I'm wondering about the elif keyword. Other programming languages I've used before use else if. Does anyone have an idea why the Python developers added …

Sep 6, 2016 · Are: if statement: if statement: the same as if statement: elif statment: and if statement: else statement: the same? If not, what's the difference?