Question

Using a for loop, the following python code works.

for item in results:
    item ['currentservertime'] = int(time.time())

I would like to do it with a list comprehension however. So I have tried the following, but i get a syntax error on the =

item['currentservertime'] = int(time.time()) for item in results

where am i going wrong?

Answer 1

A list comprehension won’t work here, since you’re not at any time building a list – you are changing values in various dictionaries. A list comprehension would be the right tool if your original code was of the form:

currentservertime = []
for item in results:
    currentservertime.append(int(time.time())

Which would translate into the list comprehension:

currentservertime = [int(time.time()) for item in results]

As it stands, your existing loop is the clearest and most direct way to implement what you’re doing.