On Oct 2, 4:20 pm, Paul Hankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 2, 10:06 pm, brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > How is this expressed in Python?
>
> > If x is in y more than three times:
> > print x
>
> > y is a Python list.
>
> Simple and readable:
> if len([a for a in y if x == a]) > 3:
> print x
>
> Or the slightly-too-flashy version:
> if sum(1 for a in y if x == a) > 3:
> print x
>
> --
> Paul Hankin
As long as you are eschewing count for sum, don't forget that true is
1 and false is 0:
if sum(x==a for a in y) > 3:
print x
-- Paul
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