Best way to avoid multiple if statements in python

#python #bestpractic

In general scenario, if you want to check multiple conditions of a simple operation like:

def getFoodPrice(itemName: str) -> float:
  if itemName == "Idli":
      return 10
  if itemName == "Rice":
      return 100
  else:
      raise Exception("Item not found")

In these kinds of scenario we can use Dict object to perform fast and it is very scalable

itemPrice: Dict[str, float] = {
   "idli": 10,
   "rice": 100
}

def getFoodPrice(itemName: str) -> float:
    try:
       return itemPrice[itemName.lower()]
    except KeyError:
       raise Exception("Item not found")