reduction

[MRAB]

On 2016-06-01 22:44, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 2:22:42 AM UTC+12, Fillmore wrote:
>> ['a','b','c','l'] => 0  # If "l" is in my data I have a zero
>> ['a','b','c'] => 1      # or a more generic match will do the job
>
>     for entry in \
>         (
>             ['a','b','c','l'],
>             ['a','b','c'],
>         ) \
>     :
>         flag = int(not any(m == "l" for m in this_list))
>         ... # flag is the 1/0 code you’re looking for ...
>     #end for
>
What is "this_list"? The main 'for' loop has "entry".

A shorter way is to use sets:

     for entry in \
         (
             ['a','b','c','l'],
             ['a','b','c'],
         ) \
     :
         flag = int("l" not in set(entry))
         ... # flag is the 1/0 code you’re looking for ...
     #end for