python - Difference between multiple if's and elif's?

Question

In python, is there a difference between say:

if text == 'sometext':
    print(text)
if text == 'nottext':
    print("notanytext")

and

 if text == 'sometext':
        print(text)
 elif text == 'nottext':
        print("notanytext")

Just wondering if multiple ifs could cause any unwanted problems and if it would be better practice to use elifs.

Answer 1

Multiple if's means your code would go and check all the if conditions, where as in case of elif, if one if condition satisfies it would not check other conditions..