On 30Dec2016 15:17, Deborah Swanson <pyt...@deborahswanson.net> wrote:
Ever consider using conjunctions?
if len(l1[st]) and not len(l2[st]):
#0 is considered a false -- no need to test for "==0"
#non-0 is considered true -- no need to test for ">0"
#copy l1 to l2
elif not len(l1[st]) and len(l2[st]):
#copy l2 to l1
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That's a neat shortcut, len(a) instead of len(a)!= 0. Thanks!
Also, for almost every python collection (lists, tuples, sets etc), python
boolean logic tests __nonzero__, which works off len() by default.
So:
if a:
# a is not empty: len(a) > 0
else:
# a is empty: len(a) == 0
I find this far more readable, presuming the reader knows that "empty" things
test as false. Of course, you need to ensure that any "collection"-ish classes
you use or write have this property, but the builtin ones do.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>
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