stealing an idea from trenthauck

switch.py

# got the idea from https://gist.github.com/tshauck/6ebb0c2d6adc667608b8

def switch(*args, default=None):
  try:
    return next(value for cond, value in args if cond)
  except StopIteration:
    return default

x = 1

y = switch((x > 10, "more than 10"),
           (x > 1, "more than 1"),
           (x > 0, "more than 0"),
           default="hooray!")