Ternary using pass keyword python

Question

I have a working conditional statement:

if True:
    pass
else:
    continue

that I would like to turn it into a ternary expression:

pass if True else continue

However, Python does not allow this. Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Possible duplicate of [Does Python have a ternary conditional operator?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/394809/does-python-have-a-ternary-conditional-operator) — Dinesh Pundkar, Aug 29 '16 at 20:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '16 at 20:36

pass and continue are a statements, and cannot be used within ternary operator, since the operator expects expressions, not statements. Statements don't evaluate to values in Python.

Nevertheless, you can still shorten the condition you brought like this:

if False: continue

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '16 at 20:36

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Ternary expression are used to compute values; neither pass nor continue are values.

answered Aug 29 '16 at 20:36

Scott Hunter

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '16 at 20:39

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Point 1: Are your sure your condition is right? Because if True will always be True and code will never go to else block.

Point 2: pass and continue are not expressions or values, but a action instead You can not use these is one line. Instead if you use, 3 if x else 4 <-- it will work

answered Aug 29 '16 at 20:39

Moinuddin Quadri

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I have a boolean is_string instead of True. So it's if is_string->pass, else-> continue – Kodiak North Aug 30 '16 at 19:49

Ternary using pass keyword python

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