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San Jose State University
Department of Applied Data Science

**DATA 200
Computational Programming for Data Analytics**

Spring 2024
Instructor: Ron Mak
" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# 3.6 `if`…`else` and `if`…`elif`…`else` Statements\n", "\n", "#### The `if`…`else` statement executes one suite or another, depending on whether a condition is `True` or `False`." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 85\n", "\n", "if grade >= 60: \n", " print('Passed!')\n", " print('Great job!')\n", "else:\n", " print('Failed!')\n", " print('Too bad.')" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 57\n", "\n", "if grade >= 60: \n", " print('Passed!')\n", " print('Great job!')\n", "else:\n", " print('Failed!')\n", " print('Too bad.')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Conditional Expressions\n", "\n", "#### Suppose you want to store a different value in a variable like `result` based on the value of a condition." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 87\n", "\n", "if grade >= 60:\n", " result = 'Passed'\n", "else:\n", " result = 'Failed'" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "print(result)\n", "result" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### A more consise way to write this is with a **conditional expression**." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "result = ('Passed' if grade >= 60 else 'Failed')" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "result" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### The parentheses aren't required, but they make it clearer what you're assigning to `result`." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "result = 'Passed' if grade >= 60 else 'Failed'\n", "\n", "result" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### We can simply display the value of a conditional expression." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 90\n", "\n", "'Passed' if grade >= 60 else 'Failed'" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### **Yikes!** The following is possible, but maybe it's too hard (for us humans) to read? At least we didn't write it as one long line." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 75\n", "\n", "letter = 'A' if grade >= 90 \\\n", " else 'B' if grade >= 80 \\\n", " else 'C' if grade >= 70 \\\n", " else 'D' if grade >= 60 \\\n", " else 'F'\n", "\n", "letter" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Multiple Statements in a Suite" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 49\n", "\n", "if grade >= 60:\n", " print('Passed')\n", "else:\n", " print('Failed')\n", " print('You must take this course again')" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 100\n", "\n", "if grade >= 60:\n", " print('Passed')\n", "else:\n", " print('Failed')\n", " print('You must take this course again.')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### `if`…`elif`…`else` Statement\n", "\n", "#### You can test several conditions in succession." ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 67\n", "\n", "print('Your grade is: ', end='')\n", "\n", "if grade >= 90:\n", " print('A')\n", " print('Excellent!')\n", "elif grade >= 80:\n", " print('B')\n", "elif grade >= 70:\n", " print('C')\n", "elif grade >= 60:\n", " print('D')\n", " print('Barely passing!')\n", "else:\n", " print('F')\n", " print('You must take this course again.')" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 92\n", "\n", "print('Your grade is: ', end='')\n", "\n", "if grade >= 90:\n", " print('A')\n", " print('Excellent!')\n", "elif grade >= 60:\n", " print('D')\n", " print('Barely passing!')\n", "elif grade >= 80:\n", " print('B')\n", "elif grade >= 70:\n", " print('C')\n", "else:\n", " print('F')\n", " print('You must take this course again.')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### Notice that we used the `end` **keyword argument** at the end of the first call to `print()`. The default for `print()` is to end each line with a line feed character. Adding `end=''` changes the line ending to an empty character, and therefore there won't be a line feed after printing the string `'Your grade is '`.\n", "\n", "#### **NOTE:** `end=''` is a keyword argument. It does **not** mean that `end` is a keyword (i.e., it is **not** reserved)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### Be careful to indent your statements properly!" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 99\n", "\n", "print('Your grade is: ', end='')\n", "\n", "if grade >= 90:\n", " print('A')\n", " print('Excellent!')\n", "elif grade >= 80:\n", " print('B')\n", "elif grade >= 70:\n", " print('C')\n", "elif grade >= 60:\n", " print('D')\n", " print('Barely passing!')\n", "else:\n", " print('F')\n", "print('You must take this course again')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### Just like the `if` statement, the `else` is optional. But leaving it off may result in a logic error. What happens if the value of `grade` is below 60?" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "grade = 50\n", "\n", "print('Your grade is: ', end='')\n", "\n", "if grade >= 90:\n", " print('A')\n", "elif grade >= 80:\n", " print('B')\n", "elif grade >= 70:\n", " print('C')\n", "elif grade >= 60:\n", " print('D')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "#### **EXERCISE:** Why is this wrong?" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "if grade >= 90:\n", " print('A')\n", "else:\n", " print('Not A or B')\n", "elif grade >= 80:\n", " print('B')" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "##########################################################################\n", "# (C) Copyright 2019 by Deitel & Associates, Inc. and #\n", "# Pearson Education, Inc. 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