Boolean NoT operator Python

Question

if not True :
print ("1")
elif not (1+1==3):
print("2")
else:
print("3")

Why did we use if not True:
print("1") What is the use of coding it in the program, because when we compile it separately we get no output

Answer 1

Yukthamukhi Rudra
This thing is self explanatory 😃😃
If something is not True, then it's False. If not True is used to make you do some work to know that the statement is False. Therefore, anything under a False statement will not be run, that's why you get no output.

Hope this helps 😃😃

Answer 2

"if not True" always returns False, so indeed the snippet has no effect during runtime.

However, even though it may not be a good practice, you can use this kind of code to temporarily disable the following codes, which can be useful during debugging.

e.g.

if False:
(some code you want to disable temporarily)

Answer 3

Thanks Tomiwa and Panko:) That's was helpful :)