Structural pattern matching introduces the match/case statement and the pattern syntax to Python. The match/case statement follows the same basic outline as switch/case.

Rejoice! Gone are the long chains of if…else statements, because switch statements will soon be here — sort of. What the Python gods are actually giving us are match statements. match s… ...

This post explains how to use if statements in Python. This will form the backbone of much of your code going forward! Else statements, nesting, + more.