Lesson 5 of 8
If / Else
Concept
Control flow — making decisions in code.
if checks a condition, elif adds more checks, else catches everything else. Indentation matters — Python uses it to know what's inside the block.
m3shdup/app/dispatch.py
status = "online"
active_tasks = 1
max_concurrent = 2
if status != "online":
print("Agent offline, skip")
elif active_tasks >= max_concurrent:
print("Agent at capacity")
else:
print("Agent available for dispatch")What's happening
This is the core logic in your dispatch system. Python checks conditions top to bottom — the first one that's True wins.
!= means 'not equal', >= means 'greater than or equal to'. The indented lines (4 spaces) only run if their condition is True.