Is there something similar to ?: operator (C/C++) in Python?

[gene tani]

If your test variable has specific values to branch on, the standard
way is to have those values be keys in a dictionary, and do:

branched_func_obj = dict_of_values.get(testvar)

And the lambda hack is here, courtesy of Peter Norvig

http://www.norvig.com/python-iaq.html