Am I right in thinking there is no way to put an if statement and an else statement on line in Python?

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Am I right in thinking I can't put an if-statement and the corresponding else-statement on one line in Python?

NB:

variable = value1 if condition else value2

is NOT two statements. It's one statement which can take the value of one of two expressions.

I want to do something like

if condition a=value else b=value

Am I right in thinking this requires a full if-else in Python? Like

if condition:
    a=value
else:
    b=value

Thanks,

Louise

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