Can't assign to conditional expression syntax error

Question

Any idea what am I doing wrong into this one line if/else conditional expression?

model_gender = '' if model_props.gender == 'MALE' else model_gender = ' [F]'

I get this error:

model_gender = '' if model_props.gender == 'MALE' else model_gender = ' [F]'
              ^
SyntaxError: can't assign to conditional expression

Answer 1

model_gender = '' if model_props.gender == 'MALE' else model_gender = ' [F]'
                                                                    ^
                                     the error should have pointed here instead

The syntax for a conditional expression is A if C else B , which is weird and different from your usual if statement. So the correct way to write this is not to repeat the assignment:

model_gender = '' if model_props.gender == 'MALE' else ' [F]'