if expression: statement(s)
[dywang@deyu zzz]$ cat if0.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# coding: utf-8
var = input("Enter a number or string: ")
if var:
print("Got a true expression value", var)
[dywang@deyu zzz]$ ./if0.py Enter a number or string: 123 Got a true expression value 123 [dywang@deyu zzz]$ ./if0.py Enter a number or string: asd Got a true expression value asd
[dywang@deyu zzz]$ ./if0.py Enter a number or string: