Re: Working with a list in a more „pythonic“ way

[Nickolay Kolev]

> This is the part I'd change:
> 
>      # Setup: transitionScore['AF'] = soundScoreMatrix[0][5].
>      transitionScore = {}
>      for i in range(26):
>          first = chr(65+i)
>          row = soundScoreMatrix[i]
>          for j in range(26):
>              transitionScore[first + chr(65+j)] = row[j]

That would create another list containing all possible transitions, 
right? Are you doing this just to avoid indexing the matrix later when 
going over the phrase letter by letter?
 
>      def scoreit(phrase):
>          score = 0
>          for i in range(len(phrase) - 1):
>              score += transitionScore.get(phrase[i : i+2], 0)
>          return score
> 
> But if you insist on a more functional style:
> 
>      def scoreterse(phrase):
>          return sum([transitionScore.get(phrase[i : i+2], 0)
>                      for i in range(len(phrase) - 1)])

It is just those *for i in range(len(x))* things I was hoping to get rid 
of.

As mentioned, I have a solution that works and produces the expected 
results. I wanted to see if there was a clearer way to write what I had 
in mind. You see, writing the factorial function using "reduce" was a 
breakthrough for me... :-)

Thanks for your reply!

Nicky