for <var> in <sequence> if <condition>

[Skip Montanaro]

    Dave> So is there any good reason why we can't enhance the for-loop to
    Dave> handle the if-condition for me? ie-

    Dave> for line in lines if line.strip.startswith('y'):
    Dave>   doStuff(line)

What's wrong with

    for line in lines:
        if line.strip().startswith('y'):
           doStuff(line)

?

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