How to put a return statement in lambda python with expression?

Question

I'm planning to simplify my code without defining the function. Is it possible?

a = lambda x:1 if x>1 return x-1 else return x

output 0 = 0, 1=1 ,2=1 ,3=2

Answer 1

a = lambda x:1 if x>1 return x-1 else return x 

This is syntactically wrong. If you want to use if else, inline to make it work like a ternary operator in other languages. You will have to write:

# expression1 if condition else expression2
x-1 if x>1 else x

So it becomes:

a = lambda x: x-1 if x>1 else x

Remember lambda in python can only have a single line of code.

Answer 2

This is syntactically correct way to use lambdas in Python

>>> a = lambda x: x-1 if x>1 else x
>>> a(3)
2
>>> a(1)
1
>>> a(0)
0
>>> a(2)
1  

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