Python version of ifelse for variable declaration

Asked Sep 10 '19 at 19:46

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Is there a simple way to declare variables in Python similar to R's ifelse?

In R for example:

outgroup <- ifelse(politics == "Republican", 1, 0)

In Python, I'm doing:

outgroup = 0
if politics == "Republican":
    outgroup = 1

Is there a simpler way of doing this in Python?

asked Sep 10 '19 at 19:46

Parseltongue

**Python does not have variable declarations**. – juanpa.arrivillaga Sep 10 '19 at 19:48
Not sure what you mean by that, and I also don't see how the linked answer is a response. – Parseltongue Sep 10 '19 at 19:52
I mean that if I take your question literally, there is no way because you cannot declare variables in Python because *Python doesn't have variable declarations*. In any case, the linked answer shows you Python's conditional expression syntax, which would be the closes equivalent to what you want. – juanpa.arrivillaga Sep 10 '19 at 19:53
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So in this case: `1 if politics == "Republican else 0` – juanpa.arrivillaga Sep 10 '19 at 19:54

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