Inline if else?

Here is part of code. I need to understand what this code do :

if instruction == "JOINT" or instruction == "ROOT":
    parent = joint_stack[-1] if instruction == "JOINT" else None
    joint = BvhJoint(words[1], parent)
    self.joints[joint.name] = joint

How to understand this line special ->

    parent = joint_stack[-1] if instruction == "JOINT" else None

Is this code equal with JS code:

if (instruction == "JOINT") {
    parent = joint_stack[-1];
} else {

}

?

>Solution :

The equivalent JS code would be:

   if (instruction == "JOINT") { 
        parent = joint_stack[-1];
    } else {
        parent = null;
    }

or more idiomatically:

    parent = instruction == "JOINT" ? joint_stack[-1] : null;

This ternary expression in Python:

joint_stack[-1] if instruction == "JOINT" else None

is the same as the JS ternary expression:

instruction == "JOINT" ? joint_stack[-1] : null