KwickClips Python · 42 sec · free
Why no ZeroDivisionError?
Short answer. The left side is False, so Python skips the right.
When does or stop early?
When the left side is True.
Remember
| and: False on left, stop |
| or: True on left, stop |
This divides by zero. Why no crash? Bal is the balance. And needs both sides True. The left is False, so Python skips the right. That is short circuit. With and, a False left stops it. With or, a True left stops it.
This clip is from the full lesson: Python Operators, Precedence and Expression Evaluation — 9 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 9 Information Technology (402), CBSE Class 9 Artificial Intelligence (417), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083), CBSE Class 11 Computer Science (083)
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