Control flow in python with strings [duplicate]

Question

I have a very basic snippet of code.

print("a" or "b")
>> a

I'm not entirely sure what I expected to happen. Why does this print "a", and in general how are strings handled with python control flow?

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Alex Hall · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-10 09:15:46Z

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In python, empty strings evaluate to False in a boolean context, while non-empty strings are True.

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