"Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Does 'list comprehension' mean a detailed explanation of the code?
No its a programming construct found in Function programming
languages such as Haskell (Python is partially functional in nature).
Basically a list comprehension builds a list
lc = [item_expression for item in collection if item_test]
This is equivalent to
lc = []
for item in collection:
if item_expression:
lc.append(item_expression)
But it's shorter and usually faster.
See the functional programming topic of my web tutor for more
info and examples.
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