Thanks all
On Friday 04 November 2005 11:53 am, Kent Johnson wrote: > Eric Walker wrote: > > All, > > Whats the construct that allows to loop through a list and perform an > > action? you also can add a test at the end. something like myfile = > > [print name for name in yourlist, if ...] > > It's called a list comprehension. You can see some examples here: > http://docs.python.org/tut/node7.html#SECTION007140000000000000000 > > It won't work with your example though - 'print' is a statement, not an > expression, and cannot be used in a LC. You could use sys.stdout.write(name > + '\n') instead if you like. > > Personally I think it is bad style to use a LC for its side effects; in > those cases I prefer to write the loop out. > > Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor