How to print something only if it exists?

[Prasad, Ramit]

tinnews at isbd.co.uk wrote:
> I want to print a series of list elements some of which may not exist,
> e.g. I have a line:-
> 
>      print day, fld[1], balance, fld[2]
> 
> fld[2] doesn't always exist (fld is the result of a split) so the
> print fails when it isn't set.
> 
> I know I could simply use an if but ultimately there may be more
> elements of fld in the print and the print may well become more
> complex (most like will be formatted for example).  Thus it would be
> good if there was some way to say "print this if it exists".

You can use an inline if-else statement.

print day, fld[1], balance, fld[2] if len(fld) >= 3 else ''


Ramit
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