Conditional Statements in Python

Conditional statements are a fundamental part of programming that allow you to make decisions and execute different blocks of code based on certain conditions. In Python, you can use if, elif (short for "else if"), and else to create conditional statements.

if Statement

The if statement is used to execute a block of code if a specified condition is True. If the condition is False, the code block is skipped.

if condition:
    # Code to execute if the condition is True

• Example:

x = 10
if x > 5:
    print("x is greater than 5")

elif Statement

The elif statement allows you to check additional conditions if the previous if or elif conditions are False. You can have multiple elif statements after the initial if statement.

if condition1:
    # Code to execute if condition1 is True
elif condition2:
    # Code to execute if condition2 is True
elif condition3:
    # Code to execute if condition3 is True
# ...
else:
    # Code to execute if none of the conditions are True

• Example:

x = 10
if x > 15:
    print("x is greater than 15")
elif x > 5:
    print("x is greater than 5 but not greater than 15")
else:
    print("x is not greater than 5")

else Statement

The else statement is used to specify a block of code to execute when none of the previous conditions (in the if and elif statements) are True.

if condition:
    # Code to execute if the condition is True
else:
    # Code to execute if the condition is False

• Example:

x = 3
if x > 5:
    print("x is greater than 5")
else:
    print("x is not greater than 5")