Feb 14, 2012 · Multiple if's means your code would go and check all the if conditions, where as in case of elif, if one if condition satisfies it would not check other conditions..

I just started Python programming, and I'm wondering about the elif keyword. Other programming languages I've used before use else if. Does anyone have an idea why the Python developers added …

Apr 1, 2014 · 0 elif is a bit more efficient, and it's quite logical: with if s the program has to evaluate each logical expression every time. In elif s though, it's not always so. However, in your example, this …

"Elif" seems to have originated with the C preprocessor, which used #elif long before Python AFAICT. Obviously, in that context having a single-token directive is valuable, since parsing #else if <code> …

The other side of it is that for if/elif/else the performance will vary based on how the data is sorted, and whether it checks the most occurring condition first.

Assuming the invalid syntax is a typo, the big benefit of elif vs having an else statement with a nested if is indentation. Each time you go into a nested if you'll need to indent again, which will destroy …

Nov 26, 2016 · 2 O If serve para verificar uma condição e o elif serve para verificar outra condição caso a condição do If seja falsa. No código não há muita diferença, o elif vai garantir que aquela condição …

I'm a newbie to Python and currently learning Control Flow commands like if, else, etc. The if statement is working all fine, but when I write else or elif commands, the interpreter gives me a sy...

Dec 25, 2012 · Is there an easier way of writing an if-elif-else statement so it fits on one line? For example, if expression1: statement1 elif expression2: statement2 else: statement3 Or a real-world

The question isn't general - if you have a more complicated conditional and the cost of calculating the predicates is significant, elif or nested if 's may be the better option.