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Arevos · Feb 3rd, 2006, 3:46 PM

But, on the other hand:

[i * i for i in l if i % 2 == 0]

is more pleasant than

map(lambda x : x * x, filter(lambda x : x % 2 == 0, l))

Not that it's hard to create map and filter functions yourself, if you really want to

Feb 3rd, 2006, 3:46 PM	#11
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	But, on the other hand: (Toggle Plain Text) [i * i for i in l if i % 2 == 0] [i * i for i in l if i % 2 == 0] is more pleasant than (Toggle Plain Text) map(lambda x : x * x, filter(lambda x : x % 2 == 0, l)) map(lambda x : x * x, filter(lambda x : x % 2 == 0, l)) Not that it's hard to create map and filter functions yourself, if you really want to