Chinook wrote whilst his head was elsewhere: >> >>So, where might I have found this construct. >> >>>>>ta = [5, 15, 12, 10, 9] >>>>>nta = [tai+[10,-10][tai>=10]for tai in ta] >>>>>nta >> >>[15, 5, 2, 0, 19] >>
Immediately after posting and shutting down last night, I had one of those expansive moments that visit us elderly more and more infrequently. Duh :b whack %) x + c[b] and within a list comprehension too - how embarrassing I guess the OL reply was just trying to be kind to the intellectually defecient ;') Just goes to show that you can't help those that can't help themselves :<)) Thank you all for allowing me to waste your time, Lee C -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list