[Tutor] "if clause" in list comprehensions.

[ALAN GAULD]

> Is the if-else (esp. 'else') in a list comprehension specific for Python 3.x? Or 
> did I miss something?


Its not part of list comprehensions per se, you can use it in any *expression*.
It was introduced in Python 2.5 as a response to C's ternary operator:

C:
 x = foo?bar:baz

Python
x = bar if foo else baz

So in the list comprehension case we are simply using that standard 
expression syntax as the value part of the LC.

HTH,

Alan G.