(a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'

[Daniel Fetchinson]

>> Hi, how can I write the popular C/JAVA syntax in Python?
>>
>> Java example:
>>     return (a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'
>>
>> My first idea is:
>>     return ('No','Yes')[bool(a==b)]
>>
>> Is there a more elegant/common python expression for this?
>
> return ('Yes' if a == b else 'No')

And for less clutter you can even leave the parenthesis:

return 'Yes' if a == b else 'No'


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