Ron Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I want the equivalent of this:
>>
>> if a == "yes":
>> answer = "go ahead"
>> else:
>> answer = "stop"
>>
>> in [a] more compact form:
>I sometimes find it useful to do:
>
> answers = {True: "go ahead", False: "stop"}
> answer = answers[a == "yes"]
In this particular case, you can get it even more compact as
answer = {"yes": "go ahead"}.get(a, "stop")
but that's sacrificing elegance and readability for bytes. When I find
myself with code like the OP's, I usually rewrite as:
answer = "stop"
if a == "yes":
answer = "go ahead"
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