Conditionals: How computers take decisions
In the video, we introduced the general concept of conditionals. This is a powerful concept in programming, and virtually all programming languages offer a way to create conditionals. They are also known as if statements (because they read “if something is true, then do this, else do something else”).
Conditionals simply allow a program to perform certain computations based on a certain condition. Therefore, it creates branches in our program, allowing our program to perform something depending on a condition. This is very powerful, as you will see in the next videos and exercises.
Python offers a way to write conditionals using if statements and in the next video we will explain how you can create conditionals in Python.
An Introduction to Programming Using Python
An Introduction to Programming Using Python
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