value = b if a > 10 else c
For Python 2.4 and lower you would have to do something like the following, although the semantics isn’t identical as the short circuiting effect is lost:
value = [c, b][a > 10]
There’s also another hack using ‘and … or’ but it’s best to not use it as it has an undesirable behaviour in some situations that can lead to a hard to find bug. I won’t even write the hack here as I think it’s best not to use it, but you can read about it on Wikipedia if you want.