Python IF Statements

if variable == "hello":

print "your variable equalled: hello"

elif variable == "goodbye":

print "your variable equalled: goodbye"

else:

print "your variable equalled something else"

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the "if" checks the variable to see whether or not its value is "hello".

if the value is "hello" then it prints "your variable equalled: hello"

the "elif" is basically another if statement.  elif your variable equalled goodbye then it prints "your variable equalled: goodbye"

Making Variables:

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>>>the = 1

>>>if the:

... print("hello")

...

hello

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i defined the variable "the" to equal 1

>>> the = 1

then i created an "if" statement

if the:

then i defined what would happen "if" "the" equaled 1

print("hello")

Basic python syntax:

print("text to print\n")

text to print

print  = the command

()    = the arguments for the command

" "       = input

\n       = new line