consider the following Python code with which I add in a new list2 all the items with indices from 1 to 3 of list1:
for ind, obj in enumerate(list1):
if 4> ind > 0: list2.append(obj)
how would you write this using python list comprehension, if I have no access to the indices through enumerate?
something like:
list2 = [x for x in list1 if 4>ind>0]
but since I have no 'ind' number, would this work? :
list2 = [x for x in enumerate(list1) if 4>ind>0]
list2 = [x for ind, x in enumerate(list1) if 4 > ind > 0]
If you use enumerate
, you do have access to the index:
list2 = [x for ind, x in enumerate(list1) if 4>ind>0]
Unless your real use case is more complicated, you should just use a list slice as suggested by @wim
>>> list1 = ['zero', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six']
>>> [x for ind, x in enumerate(list1) if 4 > ind > 0]
['one', 'two', 'three']
>>> list1[1:4]
['one', 'two', 'three']
For more complicated cases - if you don't actually need the index - it's clearer to iterate over a slice or an islice
list2 = [x*2 for x in list1[1:4]]
or
from itertools import islice
list2 = [x*2 for x in islice(list1, 1, 4)]
For small slices, the simple list1[1:4]
. If the slices can get quite large it may be better to use an islice to avoid copying the memory