Does Python have a ternary conditional operator?

The answer is yes. Python has a ternary conditional operator. It allows testing a condition in a single line by replacing the multiline if-else which makes the code compact. The syntax is-

[on_true] if [expression]

else [on_false]

A simple way of using the ternary operator is as follows-

a, b = 10, 20

min = a if a < b else b

print(min)

Here the output will be 10.
Another way of using a ternary operator is by using nested if-else-

a, b = 10, 20

print ("Both a and b are equal" if a ==b else "a is greater than b"

if a > b else "b is greater than a")

4 years ago

Yes, the concept of ternary operator was added in version 2.5.
For example,

 >>> def find_max(a,b):

return a if (a>b) else b

>>> find_max(2, 3)

3

4 years ago