[Tutor] problem loading and array from an external file
Alan Gauld
alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Thu Aug 12 01:59:39 CEST 2010
"Bill Allen" <wallenpb at gmail.com> wrote
> second method today on my own. That third method is fascinating. I
> have not heard of "list comprehension" before. That must be unique
> Python lingo. What is the principle behind that?
Its not unique to Python, Haskell had it first.
It is based on mathematical set notation, you can define a set of
numbers using a (somewhat) similar construct.
You will find a basic description in the Functional Programming
topic of my tutorial.
HTH,
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Alan Gauld
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