On Aug 23, 6:18 pm, John Posner <jjpos...@optimum.net> wrote: > >> Hi, > > >> i was wondering if there is a syntax alike: > > >> for i in range(10) if i > 5: > >> print i > > > You can write > > > for i in filter(lambda i: i > 5, range(10)): > > print i > > > but > > > for i in range(10): > > if i > 5: > > print i > > > it' better readable, and > > > for i in range(6,10): > > print i > > > it's event better. > > How about using a generator expression instead of a list? > > for i in (x for x in range(10) if x > 5): > print i > > -John
Indeed, but we could have the same syntax than for generators but directly in the for statement as in for variable in generator if condition: body Is there a special reason for not doing so ? A rejected PEP ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list