I'm probably just getting languages mixed up, but I thought in my Python
readings over the last couple months that I had noticed an either/or
expression (as opposed to a bitwise or, or truth test). Being a curious
sort, I tried several variations of how a list comprehension *might* be
constructed and got the results expected relative to the operators, but
not the results I was trying to achieve.
So, is it possible to achieve what the "for loop" (below) does in a
single list comprehension? I don't even see a way to accomplish such in
two list comprehensions with an intermediate result unless an index
pattern was the criterion.
Just wondering,
Lee C
PS I'm not suggesting it be added to the language :~) Beyond the new
classes and decorators (simply a convienence), I'm for KISS even to the
extent of the much abused Case statement. ta = [5, 15, 12, 10, 9] for i in range(len(ta)):
.... if ta[i] >= 10:
.... ta[i] -= 10
.... else:
.... ta[i] += 10
.... ta
[15, 5, 2, 0, 19] [tai - 10 | tai + 10 for tai in ta if tai >= 10]
[29, 29] [tai - 10 | tai + 10 for tai in ta]
[29, -1, -4, -2, 29] [tai - 10 or tai + 10 for tai in ta]
[5, -5, -8, -10, 9]
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"Chinook" wrote: I'm probably just getting languages mixed up, but I thought in my Python readings over the last couple months that I had noticed an either/or expression (as opposed to a bitwise or, or truth test). Being a curious sort, I tried several variations of how a list comprehension *might* be constructed and got the results expected relative to the operators, but not the results I was trying to achieve.
So, is it possible to achieve what the "for loop" (below) does in a single list comprehension? I don't even see a way to accomplish such in two list comprehensions with an intermediate result unless an index pattern was the criterion.
Just wondering, Lee C
PS I'm not suggesting it be added to the language :~) Beyond the new classes and decorators (simply a convienence), I'm for KISS even to the extent of the much abused Case statement.
>>> ta = [5, 15, 12, 10, 9] >>> for i in range(len(ta)): ... if ta[i] >= 10: ... ta[i] -= 10 ... else: ... ta[i] += 10 ... >>> ta [15, 5, 2, 0, 19]
The following works, although its readability is debatable, to say the
least, let alone performance in the general worst case: ta = [5, 15, 12, 10, 9] ta = [(x+10,x-10)[x>=10] for x in ta] ta
[15, 5, 2, 0, 19]
The lack of a ternary if?then:else operator manifests itself in such
examples, but alas, there isn't much hope that even python 3K will have
one...
Would-go-with-ugly-syntax-than-no-syntax-any-day'ly yrs,
George
Chinook wrote: >>> ta = [5, 15, 12, 10, 9] >>> for i in range(len(ta)): ... if ta[i] >= 10: ... ta[i] -= 10 ... else: ... ta[i] += 10 ... >>> ta
[15, 5, 2, 0, 19]
One possibility:
py> [(tai + 10, tai - 10)[tai >= 10] for tai in ta]
[15, 5, 2, 0, 19]
But see: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0308.html
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