title: Using a conditional in the python interpreter -c command
body: <p>I am trying to figure out how to pass the following conditional statement into the python interpreter's command option (-c).</p>
  
  <pre><code>if sys.maxsize &gt; 2**32:
      print '64'
  else:
      print '32'
  
  64
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I continually get syntax errors, such as the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;python -c "import sys; if sys.maxsize &gt; 2**32: print '64' else: print '32';"
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1
      import sys; if sys.maxsize &gt; 2**32: print '64' else: print '32';
                   ^
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I found it surprisingly difficult to find a good example of this usage.  I must be missing something big here...</p>