Temporary variables in list comprehensions

[Robert L.]

On 1/8/2017, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Suppose you have an expensive calculation that gets used two or
> more times in a loop. The obvious way to avoid calculating it
> twice in an ordinary loop is with a temporary variable:
> 
> result = []
> for x in data:
>     tmp = expensive_calculation(x)
>     result.append((tmp, tmp+1))
> 
> 
> But what if you are using a list comprehension? Alas, list comps
> don't let you have temporary variables, so you have to write
> this:
> 
> [(expensive_calculation(x), expensive_calculation(x) + 1) for x in data]
> 
> Or do you? ... no, you don't!
> 
> [(tmp, tmp + 1) for x in data for tmp in [expensive_calculation(x)]]

[2,3,5].map{|n| tmp = Math.sqrt n; [tmp, tmp+1]}

 ===> 
[[1.4142135623730951, 2.414213562373095],
 [1.7320508075688772, 2.732050807568877],
 [2.23606797749979, 3.23606797749979]]


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