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"