On Jul 14, 2009, at 3:35 PM, William Stein wrote: > 2009/7/14 Carlos Córdoba <ccordob...@gmail.com>: >> Thanks John, I'd seen Python comprehensions before, but since I >> was trying >> to do all in a one-liner, I think I overlooked your elegant and >> simple >> solution. One comprehension at a time is quite neat, but several >> is just >> unreadable. > > That could be a function of familiarity. Quick poll -- Do you find > the following "just unreadable"? > > x = [1,2,3] > y = [2*a for a in x] > z = [b + 3 for b in y] > w = [a/max(z) for a in z] > v = [[cos(a), sin(a)] for a in w] > > ANSWER: > [ ] Yes, the above is just unreadable. > [X] No, I can read the above just fine. It is crystal clear.
(For what a second data point is worth...) I'd probably write it a bit more compactly, similar to John Palmieri's version. - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
