I want to turn the following for loop:
n = 10
x0 = 0
values = [x0]
for i in range(n):
    x0 = f(x0)
    values.append(x0)
into a one liner. I figured I could do something like this:
values = [f(x0) for i in range(n)]
but I need to update the value of x0 in each instance of the loop. Any ideas?
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Answer
Walrus operator := to the rescue:
>>> x0 = 0 >>> def f(x): return x*2 + 1 ... >>> [x0:=f(x0) for _ in range(10)] [1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023] >>> x0 1023 # x0 was modified
 
						