Ben Finney wrote: > Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > >> You can use a comprehension, iterating over the full range of index you >> want:: >> >> words = shlex.split(line) >> padding_length = 5 >> words_padded = [ >> (words[index] if index < len(words)) >> for index in range(padding_length)] > > That omits the important case you were concerned with: when `index < > len(words)` is false. In other words, that example fails to actually pad > the resulting list.
It would if it weren't a syntax error. No harm done ;) > Try this instead:: > > words = shlex.split(line) > padding_length = 5 > padding_value = None > words_padded = [ > (words[index] if index < len(words) else padding_value) > for index in range(padding_length)] > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
