PEP308 :

[Mel Wilson]

In article <b2j27d$1cni8j$1 at ID-160218.news.dfncis.de>,
Roel Mathys <Roel.Mathys at yucom.be> wrote:
>Could this work?
>
>Ternary :
>
>	if x : ( "it 's alright" , "Bye bye" )
>
>would be the same as :
>
>	if x :
>		"it 's alright"
>	else :
>		"Bye bye"

No, because it's not the same:

Python 2.1.3 (#35, Apr  8 2002, 17:47:50) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> x=1
>>> if x==1: ("It's alright", "Bye-bye")
...
("It's alright", 'Bye-bye')
>>>

Python is a simple yet powerful language.  Well worth learning.

        Regards.        Mel.