On Jul 11, 12:00 pm, James Fassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> tuple_list = (
> ('John', 'Doe'),
> ('Mark', 'Mason'),
> ('Jeff', 'Stevens'),
> ('Bat', 'Man')
> )
>
> # what I'd do in C or other procedural languages
> result_list = []
> for item in tuple_list:
> result_list.append(item[0])
Here are some various 'functional' solutions. Pick the one that fits
your problem best:
result_list = [fn for fn,ln in tuple_list]
result_generator = (fn for fn,ln in tuple_list)
result_list = map(lambda (fn,ln): fn, result_list)
result_generator = itertools.imap(lambda (fn,ln): fn, result_list)
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