[Python] Ternary Operator

https://docs.python.org/3.3/faq/programming.html#is-there-an-equivalent-of-c-s-ternary-operator

[on_true] if [expression] else [on_false]

x, y = 50, 25
small = x if x < y else y

Before this syntax was introduced in Python 2.5, a common idiom was to use logical operators:

[expression] and [on_true] or [on_false]

However, this idiom is unsafe, as it can give wrong results when on_true has a false boolean value. Therefore, it is always better to use the ... if ... else ... form.

#http://stackoverflow.com/a/394887/807703
In [9]: %timeit (False and [False] or ['cho'])[0]
10000000 loops, best of 3: 113 ns per loop

In [10]: %timeit False if False else 'cho'
10000000 loops, best of 3: 34 ns per loop

Như kết quả ở trên, dùng Ternary Operation hỗ trợ từ python2.5 có tốc độ nhanh hơn kiểu hack and-or khá nhiều (như ở trên là hơn 3 lần)