Applying_Conditional_Functions_To_List_Items.ipynb

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      "# Applying Conditional Functions To List Items\n",
      "\n",
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)."
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      "### Create a list of regiment names"
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      "regimentNames = ['Night Riflemen', 'Jungle Scouts', 'The Dragoons', 'Midnight Revengence', 'Wily Warriors']"
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      "## Using A Conditional For Loop"
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      "### Create a for loop goes through the list and capitalizes an item if the first letter starts with N"
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      "# create a variable for the loop results\n",
      "regimentNamesCapitalized_f = []\n",
      "\n",
      "# for every item in regimentNames\n",
      "for i in regimentNames:\n",
      "    # if the first letter of the regiment's name is N\n",
      "    if i[0] == \"N\":\n",
      "        # capitalize the item and add it to regimentNamesCapitalized_f\n",
      "        regimentNamesCapitalized_f.append(i.upper())\n",
      "    # otherwise, add it to the new list without changing anything\n",
      "    else:\n",
      "        regimentNamesCapitalized_f.append(i)\n",
      "    \n",
      "# View the outcome\n",
      "regimentNamesCapitalized_f"
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        "['NIGHT RIFLEMEN',\n",
        " 'Jungle Scouts',\n",
        " 'The Dragoons',\n",
        " 'Midnight Revengence',\n",
        " 'Wily Warriors']"
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     "source": [
      "## Using List Comprehension With Conditionals"
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      "### Apply the expression x.upper to each item in the list called regiment names if it matches a condition, else apply a different function (or, in this case, do nothing)"
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      "regimentNamesCapitalized_l =[x.upper() if x[0] == \"N\" else x for x in regimentNames]; regimentNamesCapitalized_l"
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        "['NIGHT RIFLEMEN',\n",
        " 'Jungle Scouts',\n",
        " 'The Dragoons',\n",
        " 'Midnight Revengence',\n",
        " 'Wily Warriors']"
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      "Note that the syntax for conditional list comprehension is **[x if y else z for k in v]**\n",
      "\n",
      "- x = function if conditional statement is true\n",
      "- y = conditional statement\n",
      "- z = function if conditional statement is not true\n",
      "- k = items in list\n",
      "- v = list variable"
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