[Tutor] For - if - else loop; print selective output

[Asokan Pichai]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:27:30PM +0500, Saad Javed wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a = [['jimmy', '25', 'pancakes'], ['tom', '23', 'brownies'], ['harry',
> '21', 'cookies']]
> for i in a:
>     if (i[1] == '25' or i[1] == '26'):
>         print 'yes'
> else:
>     print 'Not found'
> 
> This prints:
> yes
> not found
> 
> I want it to print "yes" for each positive match but nothing for a negative
> match. However if all matches are negative, I want it to print "Not found"
> once (That bit the code already does). I do I get it to print "yes" only in
> a mix result situation?
> 
> Saad

I am sure you have some answer(s) already. I wanted to add a different solution
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a = [['jimmy', '25', 'pancakes'], ['tom', '23', 'brownies'], ['harry', '21', 'cookies']]
matches = [ i[1] in ('25', '26') for i in a ] ]
if not any(matches):
      print "Not found"
else:
    for match in matches:
        if match:
           print "Yes"
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Asokan Pichai

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