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The else Statement for When if Condition is False

The else statement is used with the if statement in conditional logic to define a code block that executes when the if condition is false.

Structure of if, else Statement
if condition1:
    # Code to execute if condition1 is true
else:
    # Code to execute if all conditions are false

How is the else Statement Used?​

You use else following an if statement, and there is no condition after the else keyword.

Always add a colon : at the end of the else code line to signify the block of code that the else statement applies to.

Example of else Statement
number = 3

# Check if number is divisible by 2
if number % 2 == 0:
    # Executes if number is divisible by 2
    print("It is even.")
else:
    # Executes if number is not divisible by 2
    print("It is odd.")

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