How to write inline if statement for print?

Python does not have a trailing if statement.

There are two kinds of if in Python:

1. if statement: if condition: statement if condition: block
2. if expression (introduced in Python 2.5) expression_if_true if condition else expression_if_false

And note, that both print a and b = a are statements. Only the a part is an expression. So if you write

print a if b else 0

it means

print (a if b else 0)

and similarly when you write

x = a if b else 0

it means

x = (a if b else 0)

Now what would it print/assign if there was no else clause? The print/assignment is still there.

And note, that if you don’t want it to be there, you can always write the regular if statement on a single line, though it’s less readable and there is really no reason to avoid the two-line variant.