On Aug 23, 10:36 pm, seb <sdemen...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 ?- Hide quoted > text - > > - Show quoted text -
I just found the same thread on the python ideas group at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2009-April/004278.html sorry for reposting -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
