Can you explain the purpose of the else construct in conditional statements?

The else construction in Python conditional statements is used to define a block of code that will be executed if the condition in if (or elif) is false.

Example:

x = 10
if x > 0:
    print("Positive number")
else:
    print("Zero or negative number")

In this example, if x is greater than 0, the first block is executed; otherwise, the block after else is executed.

Thus, else allows you to specify an alternative behavior when the condition is not met.