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Re: One liners

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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:
> names = (p.name for p in db.query_people() if p.total_purchases > 0)
> names = (n.upper() for n in names)
> names = (n for n in names if not n.startswith("Q"))
> for n in names:
>    # Finally actually do something.
>
> Coincidentally it's a nice way to break up an ugly one-liner. I
> also really like that if I choose to no longer filter out
> customers whose name begins with Q, I can just comment out that
> one line. Try doing that with the one-liner version!

# With the restriction:
for n in (p.name.upper() for n in names if not n.startswith("Q")):

# Without the restriction:
for n in (p.name.upper() for n in names ):# if not n.startswith("Q")):

You just have to use the special "comment-out-partially" operator,
which looks like "):#" and is inspired by some kind of insane smiley
with weird hair.

ChrisA
(Anyone got the cheek de-tonguer handy?)

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One liners Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-12-06 15:54 -0800
  Re: One liners Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-07 02:07 +0000
    Re: One liners Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-12-06 19:20 -0800
      Re: One liners Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-12-06 22:53 -0500
      Re: One liners Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-12-10 03:36 +0000
    Re: One liners Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-12-09 13:49 +0000
    Re: One liners Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-10 00:59 +1100

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