How do “and” and “or” work when combined in one statement?

Question

For some reason this function confused me:

def protocol(port):
    return port == \"443\" and \"https://\" or \"http://\"

Can somebody expl

Answer 1

You may want to read up on the "and / or trick" of Python in this article The Peculiar Nature of And and Or in Python. It's a bit like the IIF() in VBA or VB, or ?: in C-style languages.