Python: check the second variable if the first variable is True?

Question

I have a script that checks bools through if statements and then executes the code. I try to make it so that:

if variable a is True, check if b is True and execute code
if variable a is False, execute the same code mentioned before

A simplified version of what I currently have is:

if a:
    if b:
        print('foo')
else:
    print('foo')

Is there a better way to do this that doesn't require me to write twice print('foo')?

Answer 1

if not a or (a and b):
    print('foo')

Let's talk about it step by step: When is it done print('foo')?

• When aand bare True.
• When elseis it done, what is it else? The opposite of the previous ifso not a.

, 'foo' .

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if not a or b: 
   print('foo')

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Answer 2

JeromeJ , :

print("foo" if ((not a) or (a and b)) else '')

, "foo".

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print("foo") if ((not a) or (a and b)) else ''

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