else condition in list comprehension
Steven Bethard
steven.bethard at gmail.com
Wed Jan 12 19:37:50 EST 2005
Steve Holden wrote:
> Nick Coghlan wrote:
>> z = [newval(i) for i in range(10)] using:
>> def newval(x):
>> if x % 2:
>> return x - 2
>> else:
>> return x + 2
>>
>> Just some more mental twiddling relating to the thread on statement
>> local namespaces.
>>
> I presume the point of this is to avoid polluting the local namespace
> with "newval". I further presume you also have plans to do something
> about "i"? ;-)
Well, while I'm not at all a fan of the "using" syntax, getting rid of
'i' is simple:
z = list(newval(i) for i in range(10))
=)
Steve
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