Python Ternary Operators: Explained With Example

Conditional expressions, often known as ternary operators, are operators that evaluate something dependent on whether a condition is true or false. 

It was added for the first time in Python 2.5. To test a condition, it simply substitutes the multiline if-else with a single line, making the code more compact. 

The ternary operator in Python has three operands:

1. conditional_expression: It evaluates to either true or false.

2. true_value:  If the conditional expression evaluates to True, the ternary operator returns this value.

3. false_value: If the conditional expression evaluates to False, the ternary operator returns this value.

Example 

Conditional expression is a boolean value

not_raining = False

print("Go for a run" if not_raining else "watch Netflix")

Output:

not_raining = True

print("Go for a run" if not_raining else "watch Netflix")

Output: