Equivalent for ? in Java for Python?

Question

In java, I use the

variable = something == 1 ? 1 : 0

function all the time. Is there an equivalent function in python?

Answer 1

In Python, that operator reads slightly differently - more like English. The equivalent to your Java statement in Python would be:

variable = 1 if something == 1 else 0

Answer 2

It is called the 'conditional' in Python:

>>> 'one' if 1 else 'not'
'one'

Covered in PEP308