The else Statement for When if Condition is False
The else
statement is used with the if
statement in conditional logic to define a code block that executes when the if
condition is false.
Structure of if, else Statement
if condition1: # Code to execute if condition1 is true else: # Code to execute if all conditions are false
How is the else Statement Used?
You use else
following an if
statement, and there is no condition after the else
keyword.
Always add a colon :
at the end of the else
code line to signify the block of code that the else statement applies to.
Example of else Statement
number = 3 # Check if number is divisible by 2 if number % 2 == 0: # Executes if number is divisible by 2 print("It is even.") else: # Executes if number is not divisible by 2 print("It is odd.")
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Example of an else statement
Write code to determine if a number is even or odd. If the number is divisible by 2, print 'It is even.' Otherwise, print 'It is odd.' The given number is 4
. The expected output is It is even.
number = 4
if number % 2 == 0:
print("It is even.")
else:
print(
)
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