the PHP ternary operator equivalent on Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

Daniel Crespo wrote:

> Let me tell you something: I'm not a one-liner coder, but sometimes It
> is necesary.
> For example:
> I need to translate data from a DataField to Another.
>
> def Evaluate(condition,truepart,falsepart):
>    if condition:
>        return truepart
>    else:
>        return falsepart
>
> dOldDataFields = {}
> dNewDataFields = {}
>
> dNewDataFields = {
>            'CODE': dOldDataFields['CODEDATA'],
>            'DATE': dOldDataFields['DATE'],
>            'CONTACT': Evaluate(dOldDataFields['CONTACTTYPE']==2,
> dOldDataFields['FIRSTCONTACT'], dOldDataFields['SECONDCONTACT'])
> }
>
> With this, I created a new dic very easy, saving in
> dNewDataFields['CONTACT'] the value of dOldDataFields['FIRSTCONTACT']
> or the value of dOldDataFields['SECONDCONTACT'] depending on
> dOldDataFields['CONTACTTYPE']. How you do this in a practic way without
> the use of one-line code? It is needed! You can't avoid it!

if you use less verbose names, you can do the same thing in less than half
the number of characters, without a single oneliner:

def convert(old):

    new = dict(
        CODE=old['CODEDATA'],
        DATE=old['DATE']
        )

    if old['CONTACTTYPE'] == 2:
        new['CONTACT'] = old['FIRSTCONTACT']
    else:
        new['CONTACT'] = old['SECONDCONTACT']

    return new

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