Is there a way to perform “if” in python's lambda

Question

In python 2.6, I want to do:

f = lambda x: if x==2 print x else raise Exception()
f(2) #should print \"2\"
f(3) #should throw an exception
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Answer 1

note you can use several else...if statements in your lambda definition:

f = lambda x: 1 if x>0 else 0 if x ==0 else -1

Answer 2

Probably the worst python line I've written so far:

f = lambda x: sys.stdout.write(["2\n",][2*(x==2)-2])

If x == 2 you print,

if x != 2 you raise.

Answer 3

You can easily raise an exception in a lambda, if that's what you really want to do.

def Raise(exception):
    raise exception
x = lambda y: 1 if y < 2 else Raise(ValueError("invalid value"))

Is this a good idea? My instinct in general is to leave the error reporting out of lambdas; let it have a value of None and raise the error in the caller. I don't think this is inherently evil, though--I consider the "y if x else z" syntax itself worse--just make sure you're not trying to stuff too much into a lambda body.

Answer 4

the solution for the given scenerio is:

f = lambda x : x if x == 2 else print("number is not 2")
f(30)  # number is not 2
f(2)   #2

Answer 5

why don't you just define a function?

def f(x):
    if x == 2:
        print(x)
    else:
        raise ValueError

there really is no justification to use lambda in this case.

Answer 6

what you need exactly is

def fun():
    raise Exception()
f = lambda x:print x if x==2 else fun()

now call the function the way you need

f(2)
f(3)