Is there a list comprehension for this?

[Robert Kern]

liam_herron wrote:
> Given:
> dw = [ 1, -1.1, +1.2 ]
> 
> Suppose I want to create a list 'w' that is defined as
> 
> w[0] = dw[0],
> w[1] = w[0] + dw[1],
> w[2] = w[1] + dw[2]
> 
> Is there a list comprehension or map expression to do it in one or 2
> lines.

One way is to use numpy (numpy.scipy.org):


In [40]: from numpy import cumsum

In [41]: dw = [1, -1.1, +1.2]

In [42]: cumsum(dw)
Out[42]: array([ 1. , -0.1,  1.1])


If you're doing a lot of numerical computing, you'll probably want a number of
other things that numpy provides.

-- 
Robert Kern

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