docs/examples/academy/7. Generating Lists.ipynb

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    "# Module 2\n",
    "\n",
    "## Video 7: Generating Lists\n",
    "**Python for the Energy Industry**\n",
    "\n",
    "It's common to make a list by conditionally appending inside a loop. See this example of making a list of even numbers:"
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    "evens = []\n",
    "\n",
    "for i in range(11):\n",
    "    if i % 2 == 0:\n",
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    "Here's another example, of finding the words in a list beginning with A:\n",
    "\n",
    "*Note: strings can be treated in many ways as a list of characters - see below how we access the first letter of word as word[0]*"
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      "['AARDVARK', 'APPLE', 'ARROW']\n"
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    "words = ['AARDVARK','APPLE','ARROW','BARN','CACTUS']\n",
    "a_words = []\n",
    "\n",
    "for word in words:\n",
    "    if word[0] == 'A':\n",
    "        a_words.append(word)\n",
    "        \n",
    "print(a_words)"
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    "This procedure is so common that there is a Python shorthand for it, called the 'list comprehension' which takes the form:\n",
    "\n",
    "``` new_list = [item for item in old_list if condition] ``` \n",
    "\n",
    "Here's how this looks for our even numbers example:"
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    "You can also apply a function onto the item before storing it in the list. We will cover functions in more detail later, but here is a simple example:"
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    "squares = [i**2 for i in range(10) if i % 2 == 0]\n",
    "\n",
    "print(squares)"
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    "### Exercise\n",
    "\n",
    "Try to write the list comprehension corresponding to our A words example."
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