Jussi Piitulainen wrote: > Neal Becker writes: > >> Is there a more elegant way to spell this? >> >> for x in [_ for _ in seq if some_predicate]: > > If you mean some_predicate(_), then possibly this. > > for x in filter(some_predicate, seq): > handle(x) > > If you mean literally some_predicate, then perhaps this. > > if some_predicate: > for x in seq: > handle(x) > > Unless you also have in mind an interesting arrangement where > some_predicate might change during the loop, like this. > > for x in [_ for _ in seq if some_predicate]: > ... > some_predicate = fubar(x) > ... > > Then I have nothing to say.
To clarify, I meant some_predicate(_), and then ifilter looks like a nice solution. -- -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
