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Q&A Why are list comprehensions written differently if you use else?

The following list comprehension worked when I tried it: [num for num in hand if num != 11] But this doesn't work: [num for num in hand if num != 11 else 22] It gives a SyntaxError, highlig...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by true_blue‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by roberto almdnde‭

Question python syntax list-comprehension
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Q&A What does an exclamation mark mean in a GraphQL schema?

Types are often followed by exclamation marks in GraphQL schemas. What do they mean? type User { id: Int! email: String! name: String! updatedAt: String! createdAt: String...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Iizuki‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Alexei‭

Question syntax graphql
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Q&A Does Python have a "ternary operator" (conditional evaluation operator like "?:" in other languages)?

Sometimes code needs to assign (or otherwise use) a value that depends on some condition. The naive approach is to use explicit branching, which in Python would look like: if some_condition(): ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

Question python syntax
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Q&A How to create a quotation containing the given token in a syntax word in Factor programming language

I am trying to define a syntax word as follows: USING: kernel syntax parser fry prettyprint ; IN: syn-try SYNTAX: syn scan-word '[ _ ] . ; Given a word, I want to create a quotation conta...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Razetime‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Alexei‭

Question syntax factor factor-quotations
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Q&A Does a for...of loop must contain a variable without assignment sign, and why?

The following code pattern reflects this answer. This code contains a for...of loop: for (const child of e.childNodes) { // Do stuff; } Does a for...of loop must contain a variable without...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 4y ago by hkotsubo‭

Question javascript variable syntax loop for-of-loop
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Q&A Why comma is expected for auto_increment?

query = "CREATE TABLE "+TABLE+" ("+COLUMN1+" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, "+COLUMN2+" VARCHAR(255), " + COLUMN3+" VARCHAR(255), "+COLUMN4+" TEXT, "+ COLUMN5+" VARCHAR(255)...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Alexei‭

Question auto-increment sqlite syntax