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Ternary Operator

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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)

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