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Ternary Operator

Learn all about Ternary Operator in this comprehensive tutorial.

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•The ternary operator allows you to assign one value if a condition is true, and another if it is false:
•The ternary operator can be used instead of elif in longer if statements:

The Ternary Operator

The ternary operator allows you to assign one value if a condition is true, and another if it is false:

python

num = 6

val_1 = "WEEKEND!" if num > 5 else "Workday"

print(val_1)

The ternary operator can be used instead of elif in longer if statements:

python

num = 6

val_1 = "Fri" if num == 5 else "Sat" if num == 6 else "Sun" if num == 7 else "weekday"

print(val_1)

2 questions

Which of the following is true about Ternary Operator?

It is strictly typedIt is evaluated at runtimeIt requires explicit memory managementIt is deprecated

What is the most common pitfall when working with Ternary Operator?

SyntaxErrorIndentationErrorNameErrorTypeError

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