Python One-Liners

by Alex Kelin

prompt command result

>>> print(name,
Assigning multiple name, quantity, price = 'Book', 3, 4.99 quantity, price)
values to variables
Book 3 4.99

one = ['a', 1, 'b', 'b', 4, '1']

Conditional [] >>> print(common)
two = ['h', 'l', 1, 'a', 'j', '1']
comprehension ['a', 1, '1']
common = [x for x in one if x in two]

lib = [4,8,2,4,0,3] >>> print(double_nums)

[] comprehension
double_nums = [num * 2 for num in lib] [8, 16, 4, 8, 0, 6]

a = 1
Swapping two >>> print(a, b)
b = 2
variables 2 1
a, b = b, a

Conditional
one = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] >>> print(new)
comprehension,
new = [x if x % 2 == 0 else x * 2 for x in one] [2, 2, 6, 4, 10, 6, 14]
ternery operator

one = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] >>> print(two)

two = one[::-1] ['e', 'd', 'c', 'b', ‘a']
Reverse []
or >>> print(three)
three = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'][::-1] ['e', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a']

>>> print(all(a))
a = [True, True, True] True
Check for False b = [True, True, False]
>>> print(all(b))
False

>>> print(a)
Printing elements a = [1, 2, ‘three', 4, 5] [1, 2, ‘three', 4, 5]
of a collection >>> print(*a)
1 2 three 4 5

Converting string a = '1 2 3 4 5' >>> print(b)

with numbers to b = list(map(int, a.split())) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
integer []

Find the Most a = [4, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3] >>> print(most_frequent)

Frequent Element [] most_frequent = max(set(a), key=a.count) 3

>>> print(option_1)
[1, 'h', 4, 'a', 'b',
values = [‘h',1,'b','b',4,'1','a',4]
‘1’]
option_1 = list({x for x in values})
or >>> print(option_2)
option_2 = list(set(values)) [1, 'h', 4, 'a', 'b',
Unique values only or ‘1’]
[] option_3 = [x for x in set(values)] >>> print(option_3)
or [1, 'h', 4, 'a', 'b',
option_4 = [] ‘1']
[option_4.append(x) for x in values if x not in >>> print(option_4)
option_4]
['h', 1, 'b', 4, '1',
'a']

 one = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', ‘g']

result = one[2:6:2] >>> print(result)
Traverse []
or ['c', ‘e']
result = [x for x in one[2:6:2]]

one = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
two = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', ‘e']
>>> print(hm)
Merge two lists hm = dict([(one[i], two[i]) for i in
into {:} {1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c',
range(len(one))]) 4: 'd', 5: 'e'}
or
hm = {one[i]: two[i] for i in range(len(one))}

old_stock = {'water': 1.42, 'cheese': 2.5, 'milk':

2.0} >>> print(correction)
Moderate {:} price = 0.76 {'water': 1.0792,
'cheese': 1.9, 'milk':
correction = {item: value*price for (item, value) 1.52}
in old_stock.items()}

Simple value >>> print(squared(5))

squared = lambda x: x ** 2
operation (λ fn) 25

Multiple value >>> print(value(2,1))

value = lambda x, y: x + 2 - y
operation (λ fn) 3