Default if none

[Chris Rebert]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Astley Le Jasper
<astley.lejasper at gmail.com> wrote:
> I realise I could roll my own here, but I wondered if there was an
> inbuilt version of this?
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
> def default_if_none(*args):
>    for arg in args:
>        if arg:
>            return arg
>    return None
>
> x = None
> y = 5
> z = 6
>
> print default_if_none(x,y,z)

If none of the potential values are considered boolean false:

print x or y or z

Cheers,
Chris
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