{"id":7139,"date":"2024-03-19T06:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T06:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2024-03-19T06:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T06:43:13","slug":"python-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/python-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Python- Decision Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><p>Table of Contents<\/p><nav><ul><li ><a href=\"#python-decision-making\">Python- Decision Making<\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"#what-is-python-decision-making\">What is Python Decision-making?<\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"#what-is-single-statement-suites\">What is Single Statement Suites?<\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><li ><a href=\"#python-decision-making-fa-qs\">Python Decision Making-FAQs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"python-decision-making\">Python- Decision Making<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The decisions in the program will take place when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/c-program-to-merge-contents-of-two-files-into-a-third-file\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3634\">program<\/a> requires a conditional choice to run the code block. Read this article to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/python-interview-questions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3614\">Python<\/a> -Decision Making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, it denotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/conditional-or-ternary-operator-in-c\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2262\">conditions <\/a>that can run a program to specify those actions. Multiple expressions will be checked if the result is either True or False. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-python-decision-making\">What is Python Decision-making?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Python&#8217;s decision will be done through the keyword such as if..elif..else.  Whereas, the keyword needs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/python-booleans\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7030\">boolean expression<\/a> that will be followed by the colon &#8221;:&#8221; symbol. The colon symbol will begin with an indented block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, these statements with the same level of indentation will be run only if the boolean expression in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/c-if-statement\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2265\">if statement <\/a>will come as True. Thus, if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/what-is-the-maximum-bandwidth-provided-by-expressroute\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2031\">expression<\/a> is not either True or False, then the interpreter will bypass the indented block and will start to run the statements at an indentation level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the decision structure will run multiple expressions, and that will give the result either as True or False. It is also necessary to determine which action to look forward to and which statement to run, to execute if the outcome is either True or False.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the programming language has non-zero and non-null values as True. In contrast, if the value is zero or null, then the result will be a false value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table below consists of different types of decision-making statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Sr.No.<\/th><th>Statement &amp; Description<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/c-if-statement\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2265\">if statements&nbsp;<br><\/a>if statement&nbsp;<\/strong>has a boolean expression, that is followed by one or more statements.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/nested-functions-in-c\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2555\">nested if statements<br><\/a><\/strong> you can use one&nbsp;<strong>if<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>else if<\/strong>&nbsp;statement inside another&nbsp;<strong>if<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>else if<\/strong>&nbsp;statement(s).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillvertex.com\/blog\/c-ifelse-statement\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2270\">if&#8230;. else statements<br><\/a><\/strong>An if statement will be followed by the optional else statement and will be run only when the boolean expression is False<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-single-statement-suites\">What is Single Statement Suites?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The suite of an if clause consists of a single line, then it is possible to go to the same line as the header statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of a one-line if clause are provided below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>x = 5\nresult = \"Even\" if x % 2 == 0 else \"Odd\"\nprint(result)\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Output<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>odd<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Python, decision-making is achieved through structures like if, elif (else if), and else. These structures allow you to control the flow of your program based on conditions. With simple and intuitive syntax, Python&#8217;s decision-making features empower programmers to express logic clearly and concisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"python-decision-making-fa-qs\">Python Decision Making-FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1707904165773\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h4 class=\"rank-math-question \">Q1. What is a one-way decision in Python?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ans.  The one-way if statement in Python will function to form one-way decisions in the program.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1707904181183\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h4 class=\"rank-math-question \">Q2.  What is the difference between decision-making and conditional statements in Python?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ans. The conditional statement is considered an expression that has a Boolean value (true or false). Whereas, decision-making consists of a pair of actions which is to either run the condition as True or to execute the condition as False.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1707904192419\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h4 class=\"rank-math-question \">Q3. What is a control statement?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ans. Control statements will allow the users to determine the order of the execution of instructions that are present in the program.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Python- Decision Making The decisions in the program will take place when the program requires a conditional choice to run the code block. Read this article to learn more about Python -Decision Making. Moreover, it denotes conditions that can run a program to specify those actions. 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