is there a way to condense the following loop into one line? # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # python
import re, os.path imgPaths=[u'/Users/t/web/Periodic_dosage_dir/lanci/t4/oh/DSCN2059m-s.jpg', u'/Users/t/web/Periodic_dosage_dir/lanci/t4/oh/DSCN2062m-s.jpg', u'/Users/t/web/Periodic_dosage_dir/lanci/t4/oh/DSCN2097m-s.jpg', u'/Users/t/web/Periodic_dosage_dir/lanci/t4/oh/DSCN2099m-s.jpg', u'/Users/t/web/Icons_dir/icon_sum.gif'] # change the image path to the full sized image, if it exists # that is, if image ends in -s.jpg, find one without the '-s'. temp=imgPaths[:] imgPaths=[] for myPath in temp: p=myPath (dirName, fileName) = os.path.split(myPath) (fileBaseName, fileExtension)=os.path.splitext(fileName) if(re.search(r'-s$',fileBaseName,re.U)): p2=os.path.join(dirName,fileBaseName[0:-2]) + fileExtension if os.path.exists(p2): p=p2 imgPaths.append(p) temp=[] print imgPaths Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list