On 2014-11-30, at 12:30 , ThomasTheDjangoFan
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> coming from php I am wondering if there is a way to do something like this in
> Python/Django:
>
> if variable = get_a_value_from_function():
> new_stuff = variable
>
> Of course I can use
>
> variable = get_a_value_from_function()
> if variable:
> new_stuff = variable
>
> But is there a shortcut similar to php?
Not as such. Python intentionally didn't include assignment within
statements (mostly conditionals) to avoid the common issue of
assignments-instead-of-equality bugs.
If `new_stuff` has a default value, you could always write.
new_stuff = some_function() or new_stuff
which will reassign `new_stuff` to itself if `some_function()` returns a
falsy value. If you need a more complex conditional body than just an
assignment, you'll need the long one.
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