Question

I have a python function that contains an if-statement to check something.

def my_func(a, b, c):
  if a < b and b < c:
    #do complicated stuff

I want to modify the function so that the caller can determine whether or not to perform the if-statement check, by passing in a boolean.

def my_func(a, b, c, perform_check=True):

I’m trying to figure out how to make the conditional only be invoked sometimes, or skipped other times.

Answer 1

I guess something like this is what you need:

if include_already_seen or not data[person].get(item, 0):