23.1 Beginner Python - Elif Statements

Question

My newbie question is: Else/If statements require indentation to separate blocks of code, how come Elifs do not require nested indentations??

Answer 1

elif requires the same indentation as if or else.

Can you give an example to illustrateyour question?

Answer 2

Instead of using nested if-else statements, you can use if-elif-statements. In the later case, elif is on the same indentation level as if – elif simplifies the code and makes it more readable.

Answer 3

This is from the lesson:

num = 3
if num == 1:
print("One")
else:
if num == 2:
print("Two")
else:
if num == 3:
print("Three")
else:
print("Something else")

This is also from the lesson, same thing except using elif:

num = 3
if num == 1:
print("One")
elif num == 2:
print("Two")
elif num == 3:
print("Three")
else:
print("Something else")

Answer 4

Thank you much Lisa. If Python wasn't already readable!

Answer 5

elif Statements
Fill in the blanks to create valid code that checks the sign of the num variable:
num = 42

(num < 0):

print(“Negative”)

(num > 0):

print(“Positive”)

else

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