list comperhension method code example

Example 1: python list comprehension

nums = [4, -7, 9, 1, -1, 8, -6]
half_of_nums = [x/2 for x in nums] #[2, -3.5, 4.5, 0.5, -0.5, 4, -3]

#optionally you can add an if statement like this
half_of_positive_nums = [x/2 for x in nums if x>=0] #[2, 4.5, 0.5, 4]

Example 2: python list comprehension

lst=[1,2,3,4,5]
lst2=[item for item in lst if <condition>]
# generates a list based on another list and an if statement. the code above is a replacement for:
lst=[1,2,3,4,5]
lst2=[]
for item in lst:
  if <condition>:
    lst2.append(item)