Combining colon statements on one line?

[Phil Frost]

newdate = date + (1000,2000)[ date < 500 ]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:09:40PM -0700, Dave Blackington wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to combine an 'if'
> and 'else' statement on one line.  Tonight I was
> programming and came up with a very short if/else
> scenario that demanded 4 lines due to the fact that
> python can't read an 'if' & 'else' on the same line. 
> In order to do the same thing in 1 line, I needed to
> make a dictionary.  If you want to know the whole
> scenario. Here it is:
> 
> '972' '006'
> 
> I have two dates without the millenium included. 
> Using basic 'if' 'else' communication, this, it seems
> to me would require 4 lines of python to add the
> correct millenium.  These lines will also be so short
> and waste a lot of blank space on the screen which
> could be devoted to other commands in your function.
> For digestion and organization purposes, it seems like
> it helps to limit your functions (whenever possible)
> to one screen.  Taking up those 4 lines for such a
> simple short 'if' 'else' seems a bit much, no?
> 
> I don't know if this is would be a desirable upgrade
> for other python users or not, but I figured I would
> mention it... assuming it's not already implemented.
> 
> Thanks, -Dave