This question is very much like:
if/else in Python's list comprehension?
and
Simple syntax error in Python if else dict comprehension . But still i dont understand what error I make here:
[i if i!=0 for i in range(2)]
^
syntax error
I only want the entries in the list that are non-zero for sparsity.
Move the if
to the end. Refer to The Python Docs entry on List Comprehensions.
>>> [i for i in range(2) if i!=0] # Or [i for i in range(2) if i]
[1]
If you were looking for a conditional expression, you could do something like @Martijn pointed out,
>>> [i if i!=0 else -1 for i in range(2)]
[-1, 1]
If you just want the non zero entities, you could also filter(...)
your list.
>>> filter(None, [1, 2, 0, 0, 4, 5, 6])
[1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
The if
predicate comes after the specification of the for i in range(2)
in a list comprehension. You can also have arbitrary number of if
s.
Switch the if i!=0
and for i in range(2)
parts:
>>> [i for i in range(2) if i!=0]
[1]
>>>