Conditionals
The if, else, and elif statements control conditional code execution. The general format of a conditional statement is as follows:
if expression: statements elif expression: statements elif expression: statements ... else: statements
If no action is to be taken, you can omit both the else and elif clauses of a conditional. Use the pass statement if no statements exist for a particular clause:
if expression: pass # Do nothing else: statements
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