{"id":177070,"date":"2024-01-19T18:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=177070"},"modified":"2024-01-19T18:27:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:27:37","slug":"elif-python-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/elif-python-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-function","title":{"rendered":"ELIF Python: What you need to know about this function"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"177070\" class=\"elementor elementor-177070\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d83a738 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d83a738\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9ad5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a9ad5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Testing conditional expressions is the very basis of programming. While the if then else structure is inherent to most languages, Python manipulates another form of condition: if elif else... What is it exactly?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19baf4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"19baf4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b736284 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b736284\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;ve ever learned to write a <strong>computer program,<\/strong> and whatever your level, you&#8217;ll know that an essential element of almost any block of code is the conditional structure.<\/p><p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/p><p>A particular value (temperature, current date&#8230;) is subjected to a test, using comparison operators. An agricultural application might compare the humidity level to a value and trigger watering if it falls below a certain level.<\/p><p>In almost all programming languages,<strong> the common code block is based on the if conditional expression.<\/strong><\/p><p>if humidity_level &lt; low_humidity:<\/p><p>water<\/p><p>If the condition is true (as soon as the humidity level falls below the value specified in the variable low_humidity), then the application triggers watering. If the condition is false, nothing happens.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f416e4d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"f416e4d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86c6f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86c6f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La structure if then else<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea813a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea813a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\">Programming languages<\/a> are usually based on a fundamental structure: if (condition) then (action) else (other action).<\/p><p>if day_of_week == &#8220;saturday&#8221;:<\/p><p>promotion = price * 0.8<\/p><p>else:<\/p><p>promotion = price * 0.9<\/p><p>In this example, promotional items are sold at 9\/10ths of their price from Monday to Friday, and at 8\/10ths of their price on Saturday.<\/p><p>In many languages, it&#8217;s the combination of the else and if clauses that enables us to test a whole range of conditions. So we have this form:<\/p><p>if (condition):<\/p><p>action 1<\/p><p>else if (condition 2):<\/p><p>action 2<\/p><p>else if (condition 3):<\/p><p>action 3<\/p><p>(&#8230;)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c050595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c050595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/elif-python1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed4eae elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5ed4eae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learning Python for Data Science<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd484f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"7fd484f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10e5bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e10e5bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The if elif else de PythonPython's if elif else structure<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c5195b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c5195b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Python&#8217;s syntax has introduced another, much clearer and easier-to-use conditional expression: elif. elif can also be used to test a whole series of conditions one after the other, whereas else only comes into play if none of the previous conditions has been met.<\/p><p>If the first condition specified by if is not satisfied,<\/p><ul><li>then a 2nd condition specified by elif is tested,<\/li><li>potentially a 3rd condition specified by elif,<\/li><li>potentially a 4th condition also specified with elif,<\/li><li>potentially more conditions specified with elif.<\/li><li>In the end, a single else expression takes into account all cases not covered by previous conditional expressions.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698ecdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698ecdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we can see, the if elif else structure proceeds by elimination. One condition is tested, then the next, then the next&#8230;<\/p><p>It therefore takes this form:<\/p><p>if (condition):<\/p><p>action 1<\/p><p>elif (condition 2):<\/p><p>action 2<\/p><p>elif (condition 3):<\/p><p>action 3<\/p><p>(&#8230;)<\/p><p>else (if none of the above conditions are met):<\/p><p>action<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d0e8ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"9d0e8ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed757a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ed757a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An example of elif usage<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-880e1cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"880e1cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s imagine a rock concert for which the organizer has established a price range. Ticket prices depend on the age of the spectator. Young and very young people, as well as those close to retirement age, benefit from low prices. Others have to pay the full price.<\/p><p>We could have a code block like this:<\/p><p>if age &lt; 10:<\/p><p>prix_de_la_place = 8<\/p><p>elif age &lt; 18:<\/p><p>prix_de_la_place = 20<\/p><p>elif age &gt; 60:<\/p><p>prix_de_la_place = 15<\/p><p>else:<\/p><p>seat_price = 35<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60660f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60660f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4 spectators come to the ticket office. Arnold is 5 years old and his case is covered by the condition specified by if. Tancr\u00e8de is 17 and his situation is covered by the first elif condition. John is 62, and will pay 15 euros in accordance with the second elif condition. <strong>Finally, Jane, who is 34, falls into the other cases specified here with else, and will therefore have to pay the full price.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af75e08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af75e08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/elif-python2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b95dd71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b95dd71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d6d8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63d6d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The advantages of using Python<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3426c1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3426c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here, as in other situations, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/pygtk-the-python-gui-creation-tool\">Python<\/a> offers us an easy-to-use tool that is very clear and makes it easy to debug a block of code involving conditional expressions. <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/power-bi-python-harnessing-the-synergy-of-tools-data-science\">Python&#8217;s<\/a> popularity is due to its ability to write clear instructions that are easy to read and decipher, and the if elif else structure is an excellent example of this. 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