This post explains how to use if statements in Python. This will form the backbone of much of your code going forward! Else statements, nesting, + more.

The if statement for Python will seem amazingly familiar. It is made up of three main components: the keyword itself, an expression that is tested for its truth value, and a code suite to execute if ...

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A proposal under consideration by Python’s development team would finally bring pattern matching statements to the language.