y=if x>High: 2 elif x<Low: 1 else: 0

[Hans Nowak]

gr wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> is there a simple possiblity to "teach" Python:
> 
> y=if x>High: 2 elif x<Low: 1 else: 0
> 
> instead of
> 
> if x>High:
>    y=2
> elif x<Low:
>    y=1
> else:
>    y=0


You mean, putting everything on one line? No. The best
you can get here is

  if x > high: y = 2
  elif x < low: y = 1
  else: y = 0

It may be possible to put everything on one line using
some obfuscated functional idiom, but I won't go there. :-)

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