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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index f2b66f7..5c3ae16 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -199,12 +199,17 @@ For example, assume we want to create a list of squares, like:: >>> squares [0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81] -We can obtain the same result with:: +Note that this creates (or overwrites) a variable named ``x`` that still exists +after the loop completes. We can calculate the list of squares without any +side effects using:: + + squares = list(map(lambda x: x**2, range(10))) + +or, equivalently:: squares = [x**2 for x in range(10)] -This is also equivalent to ``squares = list(map(lambda x: x**2, range(10)))``, -but it's more concise and readable. +which is more concise and readable. A list comprehension consists of brackets containing an expression followed by a :keyword:`for` clause, then zero or more :keyword:`for` or :keyword:`if` |