In which order is an if statement evaluated in Python

Question

If you have an if statement where several variables or functions are evaluated, in which order are they evaluated?

if foo > 5 or bar > 6:
    print \'f         


        

Answer 1

Python's or operator short-circuits and it will be evaluated left to right:

if (foo > 5) or (bar > 6):
    print 'foobar'

If foo > 5, then bar > 6 will not even be tested, as True or will be True. If foo isn't > 5, then bar > 6 will be tested.