> WHY WHY WHY the obsession with one-liners? What is wrong with the good old
> fashioned way?
> if cond:
> x = true_value
> else:
> x = false_value
Let me tell you something: I'm not a one-liner coder, but sometimes It
is necesary.
For example:
I need to translate data from a DataField to Another.
def Evaluate(condition,truepart,falsepart):
if condition:
return truepart
else:
return falsepart
dOldDataFields = {}
dNewDataFields = {}
dNewDataFields = {
'CODE': dOldDataFields['CODEDATA'],
'DATE': dOldDataFields['DATE'],
'CONTACT': Evaluate(dOldDataFields['CONTACTTYPE']==2,
dOldDataFields['FIRSTCONTACT'], dOldDataFields['SECONDCONTACT'])
}
With this, I created a new dic very easy, saving in
dNewDataFields['CONTACT'] the value of dOldDataFields['FIRSTCONTACT']
or the value of dOldDataFields['SECONDCONTACT'] depending on
dOldDataFields['CONTACTTYPE']. How you do this in a practic way without
the use of one-line code? It is needed! You can't avoid it! Even using
a = [if_false_expr, if_true_expr][predicate] or a function, you'll
always have to use a one-line code (for this purpose, of course).
Daniel
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