Not sure why you use the for-else syntax without a break or continue. And I'm also not sure on the readability.
-Xav on his Froyo On 29/10/2010 6:21 PM, "HEK" <elkar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 28, 6:16 pm, "cbr...@cbrownsystems.com" > <cbr...@cbrownsystems.com> wrote: >> It's clear but tedious to write: >> >> if 'monday" in days_off or "tuesday" in days_off: >> doSomething >> >> I currently am tending to write: >> >> if any([d for d in ['monday', 'tuesday'] if d in days_off]): >> doSomething >> >> Is there a better pythonic idiom for this situation? >> >> Cheers - Chas > > The most pythonic way is the following: > > class anyof(set): > def __contains__(self,item): > if isinstance(item,anyof): > for it in item: > if self.__contains__(it): > return True > else: > return False > return super(anyof,self).__contains__(item) > > daysoff=anyof(['Saterday','Sunday']) > assert anyof(['monday','tuesday']) in daysoff > > best regards > Hassan > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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