How can I use if/else in a dictionary comprehension?

Question

Does there exist a way in Python 2.7+ to make something like the following?

{ something_if_true if condition else something_if_false for key, value in d         


        

Answer 1

Another example in using if/else in dictionary comprehension

I am working on data-entry desktop application for my own office work, and it is common for such data-entry application to get all entries from input widget and dump it into a dictionary for further processing like validation, or editing which we must return selected data from file back to entry widgets, etc.

The first round using traditional coding (8 lines):

entries = {'name': 'Material Name', 'maxt': 'Max Working Temperature', 'ther': {100: 1.1, 200: 1.2}}

a_dic, b_dic = {}, {}

for field, value in entries.items():
    if field == 'ther':
        for k,v in value.items():
            b_dic[k] = v
        a_dic[field] = b_dic
    else:
        a_dic[field] = value
    
print(a_dic)
“ {'name': 'Material Name', 'maxt': 'Max Working Temperature', 'ther': {100: 1.1, 200: 1.2}}”

Second round I tried to use dictionary comprehension but the loop still there (6 lines):

entries = {'name': 'Material Name', 'maxt': 'Max Working Temperature', 'ther': {100: 1.1, 200: 1.2}}

for field, value in entries.items():
    if field == 'ther':
        b_dic = {k:v for k,v in value.items()}
        a_dic[field] = b_dic
    else:
        a_dic[field] = value
    
print(a_dic)
“ {'name': 'Material Name', 'maxt': 'Max Working Temperature', 'ther': {100: 1.1, 200: 1.2}}”

Finally, with a one-line dictionary comprehension statement (1 line):

entries = {'name': 'Material Name', 'maxt': 'Max Working Temperature', 'ther': {100: 1.1, 200: 1.2}}

a_dic = {field:{k:v for k,v in value.items()} if field == 'ther' 
        else value for field, value in entries.items()}
    
print(a_dic)
“ {'name': 'Material Name', 'maxt': 'Max Working Temperature', 'ther': {100: 1.1, 200: 1.2}}”

I use python 3.8.3