If Elif statement isn't working properly >> only reads first elif and jumps the other ones after it - python

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So I created this function to apply to a bunch of dataframes that I have inside a dictionary. The thing is, when it comes to the elif part he only does the first statement that he reads.

So for example if I don't have the column 'claimant moderated resultaction' he will create it as I tell him to do but he won't create the 'claimant moderated resultselectedPolicyTitle' because it comes next in the iteration. Same logic for the rest of columns.

cols = ['Moderation Queue Title', 'Object ID', 'Moderator', 'Appeal Status', 'Tag', 'claimant moderated resultaction', 'claimant moderated resultselectedPolicyTitle', 'respondent Sampling Informationaction', 'respondent Sampling InformationselectedPolicyTitle', 'Sampling Time']

def transformations(df):
    for k, v in df.items():
        df[k] = df[k].dropna(axis=1, how='all')
        df[k].columns = np.where(df[k].loc[1] == df[k].loc[0], df[k].loc[0], df[k].loc[0]+df[k].loc[1])
        df[k] = df[k].drop([df[k].index[0], df[k].index[1]])
        if 'Moderation Queue Title' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['Moderation Queue Title'] = ""
        elif 'Object ID' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['Object ID'] = ""
        elif 'Moderator' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['Moderator'] = ""
        elif 'Appeal Status' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['Appeal Status'] = ""
        elif 'Tag' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['Tag'] = ""
        elif 'claimant moderated resultaction' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['claimant moderated resultaction'] = ""
        elif 'claimant moderated resultselectedPolicyTitle' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['claimant moderated resultselectedPolicyTitle'] = ""
        elif 'respondent Sampling Informationaction' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['respondent Sampling Informationaction'] = ""
        elif 'respondent Sampling InformationselectedPolicyTitle' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['respondent Sampling InformationselectedPolicyTitle'] = ""
        elif 'Sampling Time' not in df[k]:
            df[k]['Sampling Time'] = ""
        elif set(cols).issubset(df[k].columns):
            df[k] = df[k][cols]
        else:
            df[k] = df[k][cols]

I am probably doing something wrong here, can you please point out me what I am missing or provide an alternative approach?

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3 Answers

IF, ELIF ans ELSE syntax:

IF statement will enter if its true. If you have 30 if's, it will test all of them. If this "if" is TRUE it will enter.

ELIF statement will enter the first and ignore all others. If you have 30 ELIF it will enter only in the first one that is TRUE.

ELSE statement will enter if all other IF's and ELIF's are FALSE.

So... if you want to test them all. Change ELIF for IF.

Admin1

Your code finds only the first missing column, it creates it and ignores the remaining conditions.

elif == else if

a = 5
if a > 0:
    print("a > 0")
elif a > 1:
    print("a > 1")

Result:

> a > 0

If you want to check all of the possible missing columns, just use regular ifs.

a = 5
if a > 0:
    print("a > 0")
if a > 1:
    print("a > 1")

Result:

> a > 0
> a > 1
user_59676020

It's working properly, it is doing exactly what it should do!

The whole chain of if-elif-elif-elif-else executes ONLY ONE branch. The first one which is True or, if none is true, then else.

Note that elif is a short of else if.

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