Python: why are strings evaluated true?

Question

print("aaa" if True else "zzz")

Why is the output aaa?

Answer 1

Not all strings are True - an empty string '' is False.

This allows for convenient stuff like:

name = input() or 'anonymous'

Answer 2

Your condition is True for if block so it prints "aaa"

print("aaa" if False else "zzz")

prints "zzz"

That is python one liner if-else block, (ternary operator)

Edit: Solus

It is same as
if True :
print("aaa")
else :
print("zzz")

Answer 3

Jayakrishna🇮🇳

What is the condition here?

Answer 4

Solus The boolean.

Answer 5

Ternary operator:

a if condition else b

It means if the condition is true then a, else b.

"aaa" if True else "zzz"
The condition is True. Goes print("aaa")