Syntax Error in Inline if … else Syntax in Python

Question

What exactly is wrong with the syntax and why in the following piece of code? I've counted the parentheses among other things yet am unable to figure it out.

c = ""
 print("Yes") if c else print("No")

Note: It gives a Syntax error like the one below:

print("Yes") if c else print("No")
                            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

print is a statement in python 2. You can't use statements in a conditional. — Aran-Fey
– Aran-Fey, Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 9:31

Gsk · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-03 09:40:11Z

4

This happens because the print function behaves differently in python2 and python3:
Meanwhile in python3 your code works perfectly, in python2 it raises an error.
This happens because in python2, print is actually a statement and not a function; here you can find a more in-depth QA on the difference between functions and statements.

By the way, you can solve your problem importing the python3 print function from the future:

from __future__ import print_function

c = ""

print("Yes") if c else print("No")

OUTPUT:

No

answered Aug 3, 2018 at 9:40

Gsk

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