Andy Leszczynski wrote: > How can do elegantly in Python: > > if condition: > a=1 > else: > a=2 > > like in C: > > a=condition?1:2 a=(condition and [1] or [2])[0] For this simple snippet, I don't think it is better than if/else, But you can use it in map/reduce or list comprehension/generator expression.