if/else in a list comprehension

Question

How can I do the following in Python?

row = [unicode(x.strip()) for x in row if x is not None else \'\']

Essentially:

1. replace

Answer 1

One way:

def change(f):
    if f is None:
        return unicode(f.strip())
    else:
        return ''

row = [change(x) for x in row]

Although then you have:

row = map(change, row)

Or you can use a lambda inline.