Python if-else short-hand

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Possible Duplicate    Ternary conditional operator in Python       I want to do the following in python   while  i  lt  someW  amp  amp  j  lt  someX      int x   A i   gt  B j   A i    B j                 Clearly  when either i or j hits a limit  the code will break out of the loop  I need the values of i and j outside of the loop   Must I really do  x 0     if A i   gt  B j     x   A i    i  1 else    x   B j    j  1   Or does anyone know of a shorter way   Besides the above  can I get Python to support something similar to  a b 5 7 x   a  gt  b   10   11

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Try this   x   a  gt  b and 10 or 11   This is a sample of execution    gt  gt  gt  a b 5 7  gt  gt  gt  x   a  gt  b and 10 or 11  gt  gt  gt  print x 11

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The most readable way is  x   10 if a  gt  b else 11   but you can use and and or  too   x   a  gt  b and 10 or 11   The  Zen of Python  says that  readability counts   though  so go for the first way   Also  the and-or trick will fail if you put a variable instead of 10 and it evaluates to False   However  if more than the assignment depends on this condition  it will be more readable to write it as you have   if A i   gt  B j     x   A i    i    1 else    x   A j    j    1   unless you put i and j in a container  But if you show us why you need it  it may well turn out that you don t

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