>>> l = [22, 13, 45, 50, 98, 69, 43, 44, 1]
>>> [x+1 if x >= 45 else x+5 for x in l]
[27, 18, 46, 51, 99, 70, 48, 49, 6]
Do-something if
The reason you’re getting this error has to do with how the list comprehension is performed.
Keep in mind the following:
[ expression for item in list if conditional ]
Is equivalent to:
for item in list:
if conditional:
expression
Where the expression is in a slightly different format (think switching the subject and verb order in a sentence).
Therefore, your code [x+1 for x in l if x >= 45] does this:
for x in l:
if x >= 45:
x+1
However, this code [x+1 if x >= 45 else x+5 for x in l] does this (after rearranging the expression):
for x in l:
if x>=45: x+1
else: x+5