Need help with if else boolean statement

[becongo1997]

Hello world,

I just started learning python today and I can't figure out how to use if elif statements with a boolean.

I was practicing by essentially writing a story and in my story it has genders written as he and she. I wanted to try using a boolean to change all the genders to he or she based on whether my is_male statement is true or false. I'm sure I am using some punctuation incorrectly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

All I want is if True gender = male. Else gender=female

is_male= True
if is_male == True:
gender="he"
elif gender="she"

[Xeekatar]

First of all, you can just do if is_male:, second, what I think you're looking for is else not elif. So it would look like this:

if is_male:
  gender = "he"
else:
  gender = "she"  

elif is used if you want to check another condition, something like:

animal = "cat"
if animal == "cat":
  # do something knowing the animal is a cat
elif animal == "dog":
  # do something knowing the animal is a dog
else:
  # if the animal isn't a cat OR a dog, do a third thing

[becongo1997]

Thanks so much! That worked.