title: Asterisk symbol in Python
body: <p>I was researching some different ways to approach the classic FizzBuzz problem, and stumbled across this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>for i in xrange(1, n+1):
      print "Fizz"*(i%3 == 0) + "Buzz"*(i%5 == 0) or i
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Are the asterisks shorthand for an <code>if</code> statement?  If so, is this notation specific to <code>print</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>