(a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'

Tue Mar 30 12:17:04 EDT 2010

>> Hi, how can I write the popular C/JAVA syntax in Python?
>>>> Java example:
>> return (a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'
>>>> My first idea is:
>> return ('No','Yes')[bool(a==b)]
>>>> Is there a more elegant/common python expression for this?
>> return ('Yes' if a == b else 'No')

And for less clutter you can even leave the parenthesis:
return 'Yes' if a == b else 'No'
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