Booleans and conditionals

Booleans, named after George Boole, take the values of True or False. Although the idea behind Booleans is rather simple, they make programming much more powerful.

When writing programs, it’s useful to consider multiple cases. If you prompt the user for information, you may want to respond differently, depending on the user’s answer.

For instance, if the user gives a rating of 0 or 1, you may give a different response than a rating of 9 or 10. The keyword here is if.

Programming based on multiple cases is often referred to as branching. Each branch is represented by a different conditional. Conditionals often start with an if clause, followed by else clauses. The choice of a branch is determined by Booleans, depending on whether the given conditions are True or False.

Booleans

In Python, a Boolean class object is represented by the bool keyword and has a value of True or False.

Note

Boolean values must be capitalized in Python...