How to use if statements in Python. If you have never programmed before, then make sure to read the next section to find out precisely what an “if statement” is, and how to use it.

One well-known benefit of using mapping types such as dictionaries is that the searching is very fast compared to a sequential lookup as in the above if-elif-else statements or using a for loop, both ...

Structural pattern matching introduces the match/case statement and the pattern syntax to Python. The match/case statement follows the same basic outline as switch/case.

Guido van Rossum, who created popular programming language Python 30 years ago, has outlined his ambitions to make it twice as fast – addressing a key weakness of Python compared to faster ...