Question

In the following code:

chars = set('AEIOU')
...
if any((cc in chars) for cc in name[ii]):
    print 'Found'

What is the “(cc in chars)” part? I know that it is applied to each cc that is generated by the for loop. But is the “(cc in chars)” construct itself a generator expression?

Thanks.

Answer 1

No, the (cc in chars) part is a boolean expression; in is a sequence operator that tests if cc is a member of the sequence chars. The parenthesis are actually redundant there and could be omitted.