On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Carl Cerecke <c...@free.org.nz> wrote:
> I know I'm late to this discussion, but I tend to use something like: > > if ext not in res_dict: > res_dict[ext] = 0 > > res_dict[ext] += 1 > > Cheers, > Carl. > > Hi Carl, Actually, I often do that as well. I'm not sure it's the most efficient, but it does make quite clear what you are doing. Cheers, Vern > On 16 December 2011 07:18, Christian Mascher <christian.masc...@gmx.de>wrote: > >> >> On the other hand, >>>> res_dict[ext] = res_dict.get(ext, 0) + 1 >>>> >>>> Isn't this at least as readable, and conceptually simpler? >>> >>> if ext in res_dict: >>> res_dict[ext] += 1 >>> else: res_dict[ext] = 1 >>> >>> >> >> I haven't done much coding in Python lately. And I found this much more >> readable than the .get method which I forgot about. I positively didn't >> understand the oneliner just by reading it over and over again. >> >> Of course I could easily have opened idle and looked up the .get method >> online (or looked in a manual). >> >> The really good thing about Python is that so much of the core language >> doesn't surprise you. One is able to write code which is understandable >> even to people with very little experience or to yourself after not coding >> in Python for years. Nobody has to write such clear-cut code all the time, >> but at least it is possible with very little effort. >> >> Christian >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/edu-sig<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > > -- Vern Ceder vce...@gmail.com, vce...@dogsinmotion.com The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW
_______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
