I have 2 lists:
first_lst = [('-2.50', 0.49, 0.52), ('-2.00', 0.52, 0.50)]
second_lst = [('-2.50', '1.91', '2.03'), ('-2.00', '1.83', '2.08')]
I want to do the following math to it:
Multiply 0.49
by 1.91
(the corresponding values from first_lst
and second_lst
), and multiply 0.52
by 2.03
(corresponding values also). I want to do that under condition that values at position 0
in each corresponding tuple is idential so -2.50
== -2.50
etc. Obviously, we do the same math for remaning tuples as well.
My code:
[((fir[0], float(fir[1])*float(sec[1]), float(fir[2])*float(sec[2])) for fir in first_lst) for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0]]
Generates however some object:
[<generator object <genexpr> at 0x0223E2B0>]
Can you help me fix the code?
You need to use tuple()
or list()
to convert that generator expression to a list
or tuple
:
[tuple((fir[0], fir[1]*sec[1], fir[2]*sec[2]) for fir in first_lst)\
for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0]]
Working version of your code:
>>> first_lst = [tuple(float(y) for y in x) for x in first_lst]
>>> second_lst = [tuple(float(y) for y in x) for x in second_lst]
>>> [((fir[0],) + tuple(x*y for x, y in zip(fir[1:], sec[1:]))) \
for fir in first_lst for sec in second_lst if fir[0]==sec[0]]
[(-2.5, 0.9359, 1.0555999999999999), (-2.0, 0.9516000000000001, 1.04)]
Considering that your first_lst
and second_lst
are defined as follows.
>>> first_lst = [('-2.50', '0.49', '0.52'), ('-2.00', '0.52', '0.50')]
>>> second_lst = [('-2.50', '1.91', '2.03'), ('-2.00', '1.83', '2.08')]
The following list comprehension may be useful.
>>> [tuple((float(elem[0][0]), float(elem[0][1])*float(elem[1][1]), float(elem[0][2])*float(elem[1][2]))) for elem in zip(first_lst, second_lst) if elem[0][0]==elem[1][0]]
[(-2.5, 0.9359, 1.0555999999999999), (-2.0, 0.9516000000000001, 1.04)]
There are 2 issues to look at.
The original code will generate the error:
>>> first_lst = [('-2.50', 0.49, 0.52), ('-2.00', 0.52, 0.50)]
>>> second_lst = [('-2.50', '1.91', '2.03'), ('-2.00', '1.83', '2.08')]
>>> [((fir[0], float(fir[1])*float(sec[1]), float(fir[2])*float(sec[2])) for fir in first_lst) for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0]]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <listcomp>
NameError: name 'fir' is not defined
>>>
and <generator object <genexpr>
message is mentioned.
1) Let's fix the the code with minimum amount of changes by creating list comprehension:
>>> first_lst = [('-2.50', 0.49, 0.52), ('-2.00', 0.52, 0.50)]
>>> second_lst = [('-2.50', '1.91', '2.03'), ('-2.00', '1.83', '2.08')]
>>> [(fir[0],fir[1]*float(sec[1]),fir[2]*float(sec[2])) for fir in first_lst for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0]] # list comprehension
[('-2.50', 0.9359, 1.0555999999999999), ('-2.00', 0.9516000000000001, 1.04)]
>>>
2) In the original code, the bracket after first_lst
)
is misplaced.
If we place that bracket after the sec[0]
instead of list comprehension we get generator expression. And that will cause the <generator object <genexpr>
message:
>>> [((fir[0],fir[1]*float(sec[1]),fir[2]*float(sec[2])) for fir in first_lst for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0])] # generator object
[<generator object <genexpr> at 0x00000184EEDE29E8>]
In terms of syntax, the only difference is that one uses parenthesis instead of square brackets.
Note: If needed, there are two ways to convert a generator object to the list:
2a) Use asterisk (*) operator to unpack object to the list
>>> [*((fir[0],fir[1]*float(sec[1]),fir[2]*float(sec[2])) for fir in first_lst for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0])]
[('-2.50', 0.9359, 1.0555999999999999), ('-2.00', 0.9516000000000001, 1.04)]
>>>
2b) Use explicitly list()
>>> list((fir[0],fir[1]*float(sec[1]),fir[2]*float(sec[2])) for fir in first_lst for sec in second_lst if fir[0] == sec[0])
[('-2.50', 0.9359, 1.0555999999999999), ('-2.00', 0.9516000000000001, 1.04)]
>>>