(test?return_true:return_false)

[Skip Montanaro]

Daniel asks about the moral equivalent of

        (matches==1?'':'es')

in Python.

The usual idiom for a simple case like this is

    matches > 1 and "es" or ""

You will discover more arcane variations on this theme over time.  They are
generally only useful in obfuscated Python contests, however.

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