Get confused with if

Question

if 3:
print("hi")
else:
print("no")
why if + any number except 0 always True
I know that 0 = False , 1 = True but why the other numbers are true??

Answer 1

Hello! This is a good question.
In fact, this is defined in Python itself. Maybe other languages treat this differently.

See how it happens here:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth

Answer 2

every number except 0 is a true
and every string containing characters is true

Answer 3

every number except 0 is a true
and every string containing characters is true

Answer 4

but why?
I think there must be a reason for that 😅

Answer 5

When you convert ant integer to boolean, it is always true unless it is 0.

Answer 6

because earlier in C there wasn't type called boolean, so the represantation: 0 for false and {1,2,3,...} all for true, but now we can use the two terms true and false as a builting type in python(remember python based from C)

Answer 7

Yea earlier there was no type called boolean so its representation was 0

Answer 8

the secret key for understand the Python is "Python based from C"

Answer 9

and if you want to know the ansewrs of most questions related to this language features you should take a quick review to the C basics, thank you for your attention.