Question

What I was trying to do (C code):

int a = 2, b = 3, c = 4;

int* arr[3] = {&a, &b, &c};

for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
    if (*(arr[i]) > 1) {
        *(arr[i]) = 1
    }
}

I was expecting Python to do similar pointer like behavior with this piece of code.

>>> a = 2
>>> b = 3
>>> c = 4
>>> for x in [a, b, c]:
...     if x > 1:
...             x = 1
... 
>>> a,b,c
(2, 3, 4)

How can the C code like behavior be achieved in Python?

Answer 1

Maybe this be helpfull

a,b,c  =  [ 1 if i>1 else i for i in [ a, b, c ] ]
a,b,c = map( lambda x: 1 if x>1 else x, [a,b,c] ) #lambda or name of some function