default value in list comprehension

[AlienBaby]

On Apr 19, 1:23 pm, eb303 <eric.brunel.pragma... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 19, 2:20 pm, AlienBaby <matt.j.war... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > just a quick one,
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> > Is it possible to achieve a default value in a list comprehension
> > where the if-clause is false?
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> > Ie, something similar to:
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> > [ a for a in b if something(a) else 'default' ]
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> > the idea being that, rather than skip a value if the if-clause is
> > false, to place a default value at that position in the returned list
> > instead.
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> > ?
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> > Thanks,
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> > Matt.
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> [a if something(a) else 'default' for a in b]
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> HTH
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Ahh.  Gotcha, thankyou :)