Ternary Operator in Python

Let us have two variables:

pythontst1 = 5
tst2 = 10

Let's check which one is bigger and display the corresponding message:

pythonif tst1 > tst2:
  print('+++')
else:
  print('---')

However, this condition can be written in a shorter form using ternary operator.

Its syntax looks like this:

python'message if condition 1 is true' if condition else 'message if condition 1 is false'

Let's rewrite the condition with a ternary operator:

pythonprint('+++' if tst1 > tst2 else '---')

The ternary operator should only be used in the simplest cases, as its use makes the code difficult to understand.

pythontst = 12

if tst > 0:
  print('+++')
else:
  print('---')

pythontst = 'abcde'

if 'a' in tst:
  print('+++')
else:
  print('---')