Andy Leszczynski wrote: > How can do elegantly in Python: > > if condition: > a=1 > else: > a=2 > > like in C: > > a=condition?1:2 >
a = condition and A or B is concise but will fail if A can evaluate as false, e.g. a = condition and None or 2 # won't do what you want I tend to use 'condition and A or B' if I'm sure A won't be false, otherwise just write out the if / else. Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
