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

The other solutions are great for a single if / else construct. However, ternary statements within list comprehensions are arguably difficult to read.

Using a function aids readability, but such a solution is difficult to extend or adapt in a workflow where the mapping is an input. A dictionary can alleviate these concerns:

row = [None, 'This', 'is', 'a', 'filler', 'test', 'string', None]

d = {None: '', 'filler': 'manipulated'}

res = [d.get(x, x) for x in row]

print(res)

['', 'This', 'is', 'a', 'manipulated', 'test', 'string', '']

Answer 2

Here is another illustrative example:

>>> print(", ".join(["ha" if i else "Ha" for i in range(3)]) + "!")
Ha, ha, ha!

It exploits the fact that if i evaluates to False for 0 and to True for all other values generated by the function range(). Therefore the list comprehension evaluates as follows:

>>> ["ha" if i else "Ha" for i in range(3)]
['Ha', 'ha', 'ha']

Answer 3

There isn't any need for ternary if/then/else. In my opinion your question calls for this answer:

row = [unicode((x or '').strip()) for x in row]

Answer 4

You can combine conditional logic in a comprehension:

 ps = PorterStemmer()
 stop_words_english = stopwords.words('english')
 best = sorted(word_scores.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)[:10000]
 bestwords = set([w for w, s in best])


 def best_word_feats(words):
   return dict([(word, True) for word in words if word in bestwords])

 # with stemmer
 def best_word_feats_stem(words):
   return dict([(ps.stem(word), True) for word in words if word in bestwords])

 # with stemmer and not stopwords
 def best_word_feats_stem_stop(words):
   return dict([(ps.stem(word), True) for word in words if word in bestwords and word not in stop_words_english])

Answer 5

# coding=utf-8

def my_function_get_list():
    my_list = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

    # You may use map() to convert each item in the list to a string, 
    # and then join them to print my_list

    print("Affichage de my_list [{0}]".format(', '.join(map(str, my_list))))

    return my_list


my_result_list = [
   (
       number_in_my_list + 4,  # Condition is False : append number_in_my_list + 4 in my_result_list
       number_in_my_list * 2  # Condition is True : append number_in_my_list * 2 in my_result_list
   )

   [number_in_my_list % 2 == 0]  # [Condition] If the number in my list is even

   for number_in_my_list in my_function_get_list()  # For each number in my list
]

print("Affichage de my_result_list [{0}]".format(', '.join(map(str, my_result_list))))

(venv) $ python list_comp.py
Affichage de my_list [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Affichage de my_result_list [0, 5, 4, 7, 8, 9]

So, for you: row = [('', unicode(x.strip()))[x is not None] for x in row]