>> seq = [1,2,3,4,5] >> if any(seq, lambda x: x==5): >> ... >> >> which is clearly more readable than >> >> reduce(seq, lambda x,y: x or y==5, False) > > How about this? > > if any(x==5 for x in seq):
Aren't all of these equivalent to: if 5 in seq: ... ? Cheers, Brian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com