Chapter 5 ยท Part I: Basics

if Statements

Book: Ch. 5, 'if Statements', pp. 71โ€“90

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  • A Simple Examplep. 72
  • Conditional Testsp. 72
    • Checking for Equalityp. 72
    • Ignoring Case When Checking for Equalityp. 73
    • Checking for Inequalityp. 74
    • Numerical Comparisonsp. 74
    • Checking Multiple Conditionsp. 75
    • Checking Whether a Value Is in a Listp. 76
    • Checking Whether a Value Is Not in a Listp. 76
    • Boolean Expressionsp. 77
  • if Statementsp. 78
    • Simple if Statementsp. 78
    • if-else Statementsp. 79
    • The if-elif-else Chainp. 80
    • Using Multiple elif Blocksp. 81
    • Omitting the else Blockp. 82
    • Testing Multiple Conditionsp. 82
  • Using if Statements with Listsp. 85
    • Checking for Special Itemsp. 85
    • Checking That a List Is Not Emptyp. 86
    • Using Multiple Listsp. 87
  • Styling Your if Statementsp. 89
  • Summaryp. 89

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