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In Python The 'if' statement is used to conditionally execute a statement. In other words we look at a statement(conditional) and decide if that conditional statement is true or false, we then do one thing when the condition is true and something else when the condition is false.

Conditional statements

A conditional statement is any statement that can be determined to be True or False. To make a statement conditional we use comparison operators

Look at the conditional statement in the diamond below, should we DO THIS or DO THAT?

Comparison operators are used to compare values. It either returns True or False according to the condition.

Learning selection in Python

Writing an IF statement

Look at the text below in Python, when we run it you can see that the if statement condition is true.

Add in this comment at the top of your page: #An if statement helps us make decisions in our code

1. Assign a value to a variable
2. add in the If Statement with a condition
3. print out something if the condition is true

Save your file as 'if_statements'

Can you change your code so that the variable comes from a user input?

Don't forget when we are getting a number from a user input to use int(input("Please enter a number: "))

Writing an IF ELSE statement

1. Add in the else code from the image above and rerun your code so that it prints out the else condition:

Lets see if we can create a version of the above flowchart in python.

Writing an ELIF statement

Sometimes we want to have more that two otions when we make a choice we can do that in python by using an elif statement.

1. Add in the the elif statements above into your Python file and run it to see what happens:

1. Can you change the code so that the user inputs a number and you then print out whether it is small medium big or huge?
2. Can you develop the code so that the user can input their favourite colour and you then print out something about the colour they chose?

Summing it all up

Lets look at the learning outcomes and decide which one best describes our current level of understanding :

Tick the one you feel is closest to your level