Python elif Keyword

The Python elif keyword is used to create conditional statement which adds more conditions in if-else statement. The program first checks if condition. When found false, then it checks elif conditions. If found false, then else code block is executed. Please see the syntax.

Syntax

if condition:
  statements
elif condition:
  statements
...
...
...
else:
  statements

Flow Diagram:

In the example below, else statement is used to print a message when all if and elif conditions result false.

i = 16
if  i > 25:
  print(i," is greater than 25.") 
elif i <=25 and i >=10:
  print(i," lies between 10 and 25.") 
else:
  print(i," is less than 10.")

The output of the above code will be:

16 lies between 10 and 25.

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