In [11]: False or True Out[11]: True
In [1]: 1==1 and '123' or '456' Out[1]: '123'
In [6]: a = 1 if 1==2 else 2 In [7]: a Out[7]: 2 In [8]: a = 1 if 1==1 else 2 In [9]: a Out[9]: 1