Multi way decisions

Estimated Time: 10 minutes

In this section, we will explore writing conditional statements when there are more than two possible outcomes.

First, we'll learn the elif keyword. It lets you add another conditional statement to the regular if/else statement, so that you can write code for situations that look like this:

Next, we'll focus on combining conditional expressions with and, or, and not. These logical operators let you express more complicated conditions that you might use in the real world, like "age is greater than 18, or a parent has signed the permission slip".

Finally, we'll talk about nested conditions. Lots of situations have complicated flow charts, where you take some action and then check another condition as part of that action.

Nested if statements can express almost any flowchart, but the syntax sometimes trips people up!