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Using the and-or Trick

Using the and-or Trick



a = "first" 
b = "second" 
print 1 and a or b

print 0 and a or b

# evaluated from left to right, so the and is evaluated first. 

# 0 and 'first' evaluates to False, and then 0 or 'second' evaluates to 'second'.








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