# Add None coalescing operator in Python

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/add-none-coalescing-operator-in-python/8292>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-none-coalescing-operator-in-python/8292 "2021-04-19T05:03:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-none-coalescing-operator-in-python/8292/16 "2022-12-11T23:38:53Z")

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This is often spelled:

```
 new_variable = a_variable or 'Hello Python'

```

in Python. It doesn’t work if, say, `''` is a valid value but is  
otherwise effective. So we’ve got maybe 90% (wild guess) of the use  
cases covered with just that.

Cheers,  
Cameron Simpson [cs@cskk.id.au](mailto:cs@cskk.id.au)

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